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Assessment of disposal practices of expired and unused medications among community pharmacies in Anambra State southeast Nigeria: a mixed study design

BACKGROUND: Expired or unused medicines are potentially toxic substances that should be managed effectively to avoid accumulation of potentially toxic pharmaceuticals in the environment. In Nigeria, there is currently limited literature on the methods and protocols used by community pharmacists in t...

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Autores principales:	Michael, Iweh, Ogbonna, Brian, Sunday, Nduka, Anetoh, Maureen, Matthew, Okonta
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31016021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-019-0174-1

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