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Table 1 Key terms used and their meaning in the context of this study

From: Exploring the role of socioeconomic factors in the development and spread of anti-malarial drug resistance: a qualitative study

Terms

Meanings

Pharmacy

Used to refer to the registered pharmacy shops that are usually found in the cities. These shops are usually owned or run by a trained pharmacist. Some pharmacies in Nigeria are however run by pharmacy attendants or nurses

Chemist/drug vendors

Used to refer to drug vendors or patent medicine vendors in the study setting. These are usually traders with little or no pharmaceutical trainings who either hawk or sell drugs in a small shop. They are mostly common in the rural and suburban areas in Nigeria. The term chemist and drug vendors were used interchangeably in this study