A systematic review of the role of proprietary and patent medicine vendors in healthcare provision in Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Beyeler, Naomi ^a   Liu, Jenny ^a   Sieverding, Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA SYNTHESIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINE VENDOR; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 84922187536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117165     Document Type: Article

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