Comparing antibiotic self-medication in two socio-economic groups in Guatemala City: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Pharmacol Toxicol on April 27, 2015

Authors

Brooke M Ramay1, Paola Lambour2, Alejandro Cerón3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala. bramay@uvg.edu.gt.
2: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala. lambourpaola@gmail.com.
3: Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. alejandro.ceronvaldes@du.edu.

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