Rational dispensing and use of artemether-lumefantrine during pregnancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kamuhabwa, Appolinary R ^a   Mnyusiwalla, Fatema ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Artemether; Dispensers; Lumefantrine; Malaria; Pregnant women; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; METAKELFIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; DRUG COMBINATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PHARMACIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 79961075043     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v13i2.63122     Document Type: Article

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