Use and misuse of aspirin in rural Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Duncan, P ^a   Aref Adib, G ^a   Venn, A ^a   Britton, J ^a   Davey, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 33645899300     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i1.9358     Document Type: Review

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