Antibiotic prescribing pattern in a referral hospital in Ethiopia

Endale Getachew; Solomon Aragaw; Wuletaw Adissie; Asrat Agalu

doi:10.5897/AJPP12.505

African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-0816
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
Start Year: 2007
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Antibiotic prescribing pattern in a referral hospital in Ethiopia

Endale Getachew, Solomon Aragaw, Wuletaw Adissie and Asrat Agalu*

Department of Pharmacy, College of medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Email: [email protected]

Article Number - E3D29D241308
Vol.7(38), pp. 2657-2661 , October 2013
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJPP12.505

Accepted: 25 July 2012
Published: 15 October 2013

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This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.

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