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Prevalence of self-medication practices and its associated factors in Urban Puducherry, India

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Self medication is an important concern for health authorities at global level. This study was aimed to find the prevalence of self medication for allopathic drugs and associated factors among households of urban community. This study was also aimed at assessing the attitu...

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Autores principales:	Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi, Kumar, S. Ganesh, Ramalingam, Archana
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24551585 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.124569

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