Patent medicine vendors in rural areas of Lagos Nigeria: Compliance with regulatory guidelines and implications for malaria control

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-169

  Oyeyemi, Abisoye S ^a   Ogunnowo, Babatunde E ^b   Odukoya, Oluwakemi O ^b  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ACTs; Compliance; Guidelines; Malaria; Patent medicine vendors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LICENCE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893413153     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v13i1.23     Document Type: Article

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