Medicine vendors: Self-medication practices and medicine knowledge
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Medicine Vendors: Self-medication Practices and Medicine Knowledge
BACKGROUND Medicine vendors fill the gap created by inadequate skilled professionals required for medicine procurement, storage, and distribution in developing countries. AIM To evaluate self-medication practice and medicine knowledge among medicine vendors and to determine if a relationship exists between both. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted, using...
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عنوان ژورنال: North American Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1947-2714
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.92899