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COMMENTARY

Drug Epidemiology as a Critical Subject of Global Health, Mental Health, and Health Equity: Advances, Trends, and Contemporary Issues

Joshua Owolabi1 Department of Anatomy, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda;2 Department of Anatomy, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 111-116 | Received 04 Aug 2022, Accepted 18 Nov 2022, Published online: 29 Nov 2022

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