Doctors injection prescribing and its correlates in village health clinics across 10 Provinces of Western China

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Dong, Lifang ^a,b   Wang, Duolao ^c   Gao, Junhong ^d   Yan, Hong ^b  

^a Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d China North Industries Group   (China)

Author keywords

blood borne infection; injection prescribing; injections; pharmacoepidemiology; rural China; village doctor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INJECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855211004     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr019     Document Type: Article

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