Medicine ‘misuse’: Implications for health and environmental sustainability
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.028
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Medicine misuse; Pharmaceuticals; Antimicrobial resistance; Social determinants; Environmental impact;All these keywords.
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