SELF-MEDICATION DURING PREGNANCY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN GOBA TOWN, SOUTHEAST ETHIOPIA: A COMMUNITY BASED CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Self-medication during pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant women in Goba town, southeast Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Abstract Objective The use of self-medications during pregnancy results in serious structural as well as functional adverse effects on mothers and unborn children.But little is known about the practice of self-medication used during pregnancy in Ethiopia.Therefore, this research aimed to assess the prevalence of self-medication practice and associa

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Does vitamin D deficiency predict tumour malignancy in patients with bone tumours? Data from a multi-center cohort analysis

Vitamin D deficiency is a global health concern that is estimated to afflict over one billion people globally.The major role of vitamin D is that of a regulator of calcium and phosphate metabolism, thus, being essential for proper bone mineralisation.Concomitantly, vitamin D is known to exert numerous extra-skeletal actions.For example, it has beco

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