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Self-Medication Among King Khalid University Students, Saudi Arabia

Sultan M Alshahrani1 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6194-7092
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Sirajudeen Shaik Alavudeen1 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3755-0589
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Khaled M Alakhali1 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia;2 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, USCI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi3 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College Of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology of Fujairah, Fujairah, UAECorrespondence[email protected]
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Ahmed K Bahamdan1 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Easwaran Vigneshwaran1 Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-4825
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Pages 243-249 | Published online: 14 Nov 2019

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