Prevalence of self-medication among university students in Baghdad: a cross-sectional study from Iraq.
The objective of this study is to find out the prevalence and determinants of self-medication among college students in Baghdad, Iraq. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Al-Mustansiriyah and Al-Nahrain universities, Baghdad, from January to April 2015. A multistage random sampling technique w...
| Publicado en: | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 87 - 94 |
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World Health Organization
Feb2017
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