Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries

Ocan, Moses; A. Obuku, Ekwaro; Bwanga, Freddie; Akena, Dickens; Sennono, Richard; Ogwal‐Okeng, Jasper; Obua, Celestino

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2109-3

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Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries

Published in BMC Public Health • Jul 31, 2015

Authors:

Moses Ocan

Ekwaro A. Obuku

Freddie Bwanga

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income countries (LMICs). However there has been no systematic review on non-prescription antimicrobial use in these settings. This review thus intended to establish the burden, risk factors and effects of antimicrobial self-...

Subject

Medicine

Medical prescription

Antimicrobial

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