Pattern of antibiotic usage by adult populations in the city of Benin, Nigeria

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 081-085

  Clarence, Yah S ^a   Edrin, Yusuf O ^b   Odeh, Eghafona N ^b  

^a Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics usage; Nigerian populace

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350350021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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