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First Study in Qatar to Reveal High Legionella Count in Cooling Towers
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Oxford University Press - ASCP
, 2015 , Article)
Legionella is an intracellular bacterium that can cause a severe communityacquired
and nosocomial
pneumonia, known as legionnaire disease (LD). The bacterium thrives in freshwater environments,
including manmade
water ...
Knowledge and Perceptions of Pharmacy Students in Qatar on Anti-Doping in Sports and on Sports Pharmacy in Undergraduate Curricula
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American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
, 2015 , Article)
Objective. To assess pharmacy students’ knowledge and perceptions of doping and anti-doping in sports and to explore the curricular needs for undergraduate pharmacy in the field of sports pharmacy.
Methods. A cross-sectional, ...
A program for obese youth at-risk for diabetes in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Article)
Background: Obesity is an international public health problem well documented in Qatar among children and adolescents and contributes to diabetes, a disease already highly prevalent in the country. We describe an intervention ...
Generic medicines policy in Qatar
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Pro Pharma Communications International
, 2015 , Article)
Qatar's pharmaceutical market is likely to remain highly dependent on imports. The use of generic medicines remains a great challenge to the country.
Pharmaceutical pricing policies in Qatar
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Springer International Publishing
, 2015 , Book chapter)
Qatar is the world’s highest per capita income non-OECD country. The country has established the National Health Strategy 2011–2016 (NHS), which is aligned with the Qatar National Vision 2030 that will advance Qatar’s ...
A weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for Qatari children: a prospective cohort study
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Background Weight-management camp interventions for obese children are eff ective for short-term weight loss. However, there is little evidence indicating how gains made with such interventions can be maintained in the ...
Clinical pharmacokinetics: perceptions of hospital pharmacists in Qatar about how it was taught and how it is applied
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
Background The application of clinical pharmacokinetics (PK) is essential when providing pharmaceutical care. Appropriate application of PK monitoring results in improved patient outcomes including decreased mortality, ...
Building hospital pharmacy practice research capacity in Qatar: a cross-sectional survey of hospital pharmacists
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
Background There is a need to systematically develop research capacity within pharmacy practice. Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the principal non-profit health care provider in Qatar. Traditionally, pharmacists in Qatar ...
Qatar Biobank and Qatar Genome Programs Road Map
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OMICS International
, 2015 , Article)
Qatar Biobank “QBB” is a large-scale, long term medical research initiative for the population of Qatar, which will serve as a platform and driver of biomedical research to achieve benefits for Qatar’s communities. Following ...
A Grey-based approach for ERP vendor selection in small and medium enterprises in Qatar
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This paper aims to develop a multi-criteria decision model for the purpose of ERP vendor selection. To tackle the multi-criteria nature and the presence of both qualitative and quantitative factors, Grey-based model was ...