Household antimicrobial self-medication: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ocan, Moses ^a   Obuku, Ekwaro A ^a,b   Bwanga, Freddie ^a   Akena, Dickens ^a   Richard, Sennono ^a   Ogwal Okeng, Jasper ^a   Obua, Celestino ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 84938577699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2109-3     Document Type: Review

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