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Level, pattern, and determinants of polypharmacy and inappropriate use of medications by village doctors in a rural area of Bangladesh

Rafia S Rasu1 School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Mohammad Iqbal2 Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

SMA Hanifi2 Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ariful Moula2 Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shahidul Hoque2 Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sabrina Rasheed2 Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abbas Bhuiya2 Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Pages 515-521 | Published online: 03 Dec 2014

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