Pharmacy practice and injection use in community pharmacies in Pokhara city, Western Nepal

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gyawali, Sudesh ^a   Rathore, Devendra Singh ^b   Adhikari, Kishor ^c   Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi ^d,e   Kc, Vikash Kumar ^f   Basnet, Suyog ^c  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Rajasthan Pharmacy College   (India)

^c POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d KIST Medical College   (Nepal)

^e Xavier University School of Medicine   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Statistics PN Multiple Campus ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community pharmacies; Developing countries; Health care waste; Injection disposal; Nepal; Safe injection practice; Sharps

Indexed keywords

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OBSERVATION; PHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84900486446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-190     Document Type: Article

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