Determinants of Self-medication in the South of Portugal

• In: Posters
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Poster
• By: RAMALHINHO, Isabel (University of Algarve, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Faro, Portugal)
• Co-author(s): Cavaco, Afonso (University of Lisbon, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lisbon, Portugal)
  Cabrita, José (University of Lisbon, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lisbon, Portugal)
  
• Abstract:

  Background
  
  Self-medication with antibiotics often occurs and is considered a major determinant to the inappropriate use of those drugs.
  
  Aims
  
  We performed a study aiming to assess, in a specific population, determinants of self-medication with antibiotics.
  
  Methods
  
  Study population - adult population living in the Algarve Region. The sample was ..

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