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Self-medication with antibiotics among seafarers: a public health issue
Affiliations- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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Self-medication with antibiotics among seafarers: a public health issue
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Letter to the Editor
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241-242
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2021-09-29
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DOI
10.5603/IMH.2021.0045
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IMH 2021;72(3):241-242.
Authors
Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi
Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye
Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen
Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III
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