Self-medication of antibiotics: investigating practice among university students at the Malaysian National Defence University

Background: Self-medication of drugs to alleviate symptoms is a common global behavior, helping relieve burdens on health services, but many drugs eg, antibiotics are prescription-only. Self-medication of antibiotics (SMA) is an irrational use of drugs, contributing to microbial resistance increasin...

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Main Authors: Haque, Mainul, A Rahman, Nor Azlina, McKimm, Judy, Kibria, Golam Mohammad, Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim, Haque, Seraj Zohurul, Islam, Md Zakirul, Abdullah, Shahidah Leong, Mohammad Daher, Aqil, Zulkifli, Zainal, Rahman, Sayeeda, Kabir, Russell, Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah, Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah
Format: Article
Language:English
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Published: Dove Medical Press Ltd. 2019
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