Rational prescribing in paediatrics in a resource-limited setting

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 503-509

  Risk, Rachel ^a   Naismith, Hamish ^a   Burnett, Alexander ^a   Moore, Sophie E ^b   Cham, Mamady ^c   Unger, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b International Nutrition Group (ING)   (Gambia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ASCORBIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; GENERIC DRUG; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PARACETAMOL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OVERPRESCRIPTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAEDIATRIC PRACTICE; PHARMACOLOGY; TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879688898     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302987     Document Type: Article

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