Management of diarrhoea cases by community pharmacies in 3 cities of Pakistan;Prise en charge des cas de diarrhée en pharmacies communautaires dans trois villes du Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-640

  Hussain, A ^a,b   Ibrahim, M I M ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 84864041170     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.6.635     Document Type: Article

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