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Parents’ behaviour toward antibiotic self-medication in children and incidence of resistance: a cross-sectional study from Punjab, Pakistan

Furqan K. Hashmi
1
,
Muhammad Muneeb
1
,
Sanaullah Umair
1
,
Bisma Mushtaq
2
,
Hamid Saeed
1
,
Muhammad Islam
1
,
Faiz Abid
1
,
Yumna Abrar
,
Bisma Shahzadi
1
,
Ayaz Ali Khan
3
,
Qadeer Ahsan
4
,
Muhammad Fawad Rasool
5
,
Usman Rashid Malik
6
,
Saad Ahmed
7
,
Hassaan Anwer Rathore
8
,
Zikria Saleem
5

  1. University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Allama Iqbal Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
  2. Indus Hospital, Mission Colony, Raiwind City, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  3. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakist
  4. Fleming Fund, Islamabad, Pakistan
  5. Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  6. School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
  7. Railway Islamic International Medical College Trust and Pakistan Railways Hospital, Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  8. College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(1): 39–50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.134701
Online publish date: 2024/03/15
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