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Practice of Self-Medication with Antibiotics Among the Adult Inhabitants in Dhaka City

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  • Hadiuzzaman

    (Epidemiologist, Médecins Sans Frontières, Holland (MSF), Bangladesh)

  • Hamida Khanum

    (Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

  • Sayada Nazila

    (Department of Public Health, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Bangladesh)

Abstract

The present study was done to assess the practice of self-medication with antibiotics among the adults population in Dhaka city...

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  • Hadiuzzaman & Hamida Khanum & Sayada Nazila, 2022. "Practice of Self-Medication with Antibiotics Among the Adult Inhabitants in Dhaka City," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 41(4), pages 32868-32876, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:41:y:2022:i:4:p:32868-32876
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.41.006628
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    1. Geissler, P. W. & Nokes, K. & Prince, R. J. & Achieng' Odhiambo, R. & Aagaard-Hansen, J. & Ouma, J. H., 2000. "Children and medicines: self-treatment of common illnesses among Luo schoolchildren in western Kenya," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 50(12), pages 1771-1783, June.
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