Antibiotics and over the counter medication use and its correlates among arab pregnant women visiting a tertiary care hospital in riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 452-456

  Raheel, Hafsa ^a   Alsakran, Sulaiman ^b   Alghamdi, Abdulkhaliq ^b   Ajarem, Majed ^b   Alsulami, Salman ^b   Mahmood, Afzal ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Over the counter medications; Pregnant women; Riyadh; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028034357     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.332.12376     Document Type: Article

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