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Predictors of antibiotic use in pregnant women attending Najran University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Ali M. Alshabi, Majed S. Alshahrani, Basel A. Abdel-Wahab, Masood M. Khateeb, Ibrahim A. Shaikh and Basheerahmed A. Mannasaheb
Saudi Medical Journal March 2023, 44 (3) 314-319; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.3.20220762
Ali M. Alshabi
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshabi); from the Department of Pharmacology (Abdel-Wahab, Khateeb, Shaikh), College of Pharmacy; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Alshahrani), Faculty of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, and from the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Mannasaheb), College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
M. Pharma, PhD
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Majed S. Alshahrani
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshabi); from the Department of Pharmacology (Abdel-Wahab, Khateeb, Shaikh), College of Pharmacy; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Alshahrani), Faculty of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, and from the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Mannasaheb), College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Basel A. Abdel-Wahab
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshabi); from the Department of Pharmacology (Abdel-Wahab, Khateeb, Shaikh), College of Pharmacy; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Alshahrani), Faculty of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, and from the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Mannasaheb), College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Masood M. Khateeb
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshabi); from the Department of Pharmacology (Abdel-Wahab, Khateeb, Shaikh), College of Pharmacy; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Alshahrani), Faculty of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, and from the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Mannasaheb), College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim A. Shaikh
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshabi); from the Department of Pharmacology (Abdel-Wahab, Khateeb, Shaikh), College of Pharmacy; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Alshahrani), Faculty of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, and from the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Mannasaheb), College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Basheerahmed A. Mannasaheb
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshabi); from the Department of Pharmacology (Abdel-Wahab, Khateeb, Shaikh), College of Pharmacy; from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Alshahrani), Faculty of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, and from the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Mannasaheb), College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2023, 44 (3) 314-319; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.3.20220762

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Ali M. Alshabi, Majed S. Alshahrani, Basel A. Abdel-Wahab, Masood M. Khateeb, Ibrahim A. Shaikh, Basheerahmed A. Mannasaheb
Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2023, 44 (3) 314-319; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.3.20220762
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