Antibiotic dispensation by Lebanese pharmacists: A comparison of higher and lower socio-economic levels

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-46

  Farah, Rita ^a   Lahoud, Nathalie ^a   Salameh, Pascale ^a   Saleh, Nadine ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Community pharmacist; Dispensing antibiotics; Lebanon; Medical prescription; Socio economic level

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; NON MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC DISPENSATION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LEBANON; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920701612     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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