Evidence of the Practice of Self-Medication with Antibiotics among the Lay Public in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

The current scoping review is an attempt to explore the key reasons, determinants, patterns and prevalence related to self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) among the lay public. An online search was conducted using Google Scholar, Science Direct, ProQuest and PubMed. A two-phase mapping approach wa...

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Main Authors: Adeel Aslam, Márió Gajdács, Che Suraya Zin, Norny Syafinaz Ab Rahman, Syed Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Zeeshan Zafar, Shazia Jamshed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
SMA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/9/597