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Assessment of health seeking behaviour and self-medication among general public in the state of Penang, Malaysia

BACKGROUND: Patients’ behaviour in making decisions regarding health is currently changing from passive recipients to recipients who play an active role in taking action to control their health and taking self-care initiatives. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to evaluate the health seeking beha...

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Autores principales:	Dawood, Omar T., Hassali, Mohamed A., Saleem, Fahad, Ibrahim, Inas R., Abdulameer, Aseel H., Jasim, Hanan H.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2017
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943981 http://dx.doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2017.03.991

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