Assessment of self-medication practices among medical, pharmacy, and health science students in Gondar University, Ethiopia

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Abay, S M ^a   Amelo, W ^b  

^a Jimma University   (India)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Drug; Ethiopia; self medication; students

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 77955886073     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.66798     Document Type: Article

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