Patterns and predictors of self-medication in northern Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ocan, Moses ^a   Bwanga, Freddie ^a   Bbosa, Godfrey S ^a   Bagenda, Danstan ^a   Waako, Paul ^a   Ogwal Okeng, Jasper ^b   Obua, Celestino ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; SELF MEDICATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG COMBINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTEMISININS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84899083766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092323     Document Type: Article

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