Self-Medication With Analgesics and Helicobacter pylori Infection

authors:

avatar Maliheh Metanat 1 , *

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Boo-Ali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran
International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.4, issue 2; e26155
published online: June 20, 2015
article type: Editorial
received: December 6, 2014
revised: December 18, 2014
accepted: December 27, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.4(2)2015.26155

how to cite: Metanat M. Self-Medication With Analgesics and Helicobacter pylori Infection. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2015;4(2):e26155. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.4(2)2015.26155.

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