Chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua: A qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with physicians and pharmacists

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ramirez Rubio, Oriana ^a,b   Brooks, Daniel R ^b   Amador, Juan Jose ^b   Kaufman, James S ^c   Weiner, Daniel E ^d   Scammell, Madeleine Kangsen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DYSURIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NICARAGUA; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DYSURIA; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876088691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-350     Document Type: Article

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