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Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics among Tertiary Level Students in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

The study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics among tertiary level students in Accra (Ghana) and evaluate factors associated with the practice. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study and involved face-to-face interviews of 600 respondents selected by...

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Autores principales:	Donkor, Eric S., Tetteh-Quarcoo, Patience B., Nartey, Patrick, Agyeman, Isaac O.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2012
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509469/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23202760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9103519

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