Antibiotic sales in rural and urban pharmacies in northern Vietnam: An observational study

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nga, Do Thi Thuy ^a   Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim ^b   Hoa, Nguyen Phuong ^b   Hoa, Nguyen Quynh ^c   Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Thuy ^b   Loan, Hoang Thi ^b   Toan, Tran Khanh ^b   Phuc, Ho Dang ^d   Horby, Peter ^a,e   Van Yen, Nguyen ^f   Van Kinh, Nguyen ^g   Wertheim, Heiman F L ^a,e  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c National Cancer Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Hanoi Health Department   (Viet Nam)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Community; Dispensing; Pharmacy; Practice; Prescription; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; FEVER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMERCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHARMACIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 84900869387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-6511-15-6     Document Type: Article

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