Drugs use pattern for uncomplicated malaria in medicine retail outlets in Enugu urban, southeast Nigeria: implications for malaria treatment policy.

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Published in Malar J on June 24, 2014

Authors

Charles C Ezenduka1, Brian O Ogbonna, Obinna I Ekwunife, Mathew J Okonta, Charles O Esimone

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. ezendukacc@yahoo.com.

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