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Knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotic use and misuse among adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nouf Al-Shibani, Abdulaziz Hamed, Nawaf Labban, Reem Al-Kattan, Hanan Al-Otaibi and Sara Alfadda
Saudi Medical Journal October 2017, 38 (10) 1038-1044; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.10.19887
Nouf Al-Shibani
From the Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry (Al-Shibani, Al-Kattan), the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Labban, Al-Otaibi, Alfadda), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, and the General Dental Practitioner (Hamed), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz Hamed
From the Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry (Al-Shibani, Al-Kattan), the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Labban, Al-Otaibi, Alfadda), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, and the General Dental Practitioner (Hamed), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nawaf Labban
From the Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry (Al-Shibani, Al-Kattan), the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Labban, Al-Otaibi, Alfadda), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, and the General Dental Practitioner (Hamed), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Reem Al-Kattan
From the Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry (Al-Shibani, Al-Kattan), the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Labban, Al-Otaibi, Alfadda), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, and the General Dental Practitioner (Hamed), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hanan Al-Otaibi
From the Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry (Al-Shibani, Al-Kattan), the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Labban, Al-Otaibi, Alfadda), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, and the General Dental Practitioner (Hamed), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sara Alfadda
From the Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry (Al-Shibani, Al-Kattan), the Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (Labban, Al-Otaibi, Alfadda), College of Dentistry, King Saud University, and the General Dental Practitioner (Hamed), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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