Open AccessPattern, awareness and perceptions of health hazards associated with self medication among adult residents of kano metropolis, northwestern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Umar Muhammad Lawan,
IS Abubakar,
Abubakar Mohammed Jibo,
Ahmed Rufai
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.116350
Subject(s) - environmental health , perception , geography , traditional medicine , medicine , socioeconomics , psychology , sociology , neuroscience
Kano State is the most populous state, and one of those states pronounced with the highest prevalence of drug abuse in Nigeria. However, there is lack of documented data to back the assertion.