Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households

Paut Kusturica Milica; Tomas Ana; Tomic Zdenko; Bukumiric Dragica; Corac Aleksandar; Horvat Olga; Sabo Ana

doi:10.1515/sjph-2016-0025

Slovenian Journal of Public Health (Sep 2016)

Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households

Paut Kusturica Milica,
Tomas Ana,
Tomic Zdenko,
Bukumiric Dragica,
Corac Aleksandar,
Horvat Olga,
Sabo Ana

Affiliations

Paut Kusturica Milica: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tomas Ana: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tomic Zdenko: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Bukumiric Dragica: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Corac Aleksandar: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Horvat Olga: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Sabo Ana: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0025
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 55, no. 3
pp. 195 – 201

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An ongoing issue of expired medications accumulating in some households is a universal problem around the world. The aim of the study was to investigate the extent and structure of expired medications in Serbian households, and to determine which therapeutic groups generated the most waste.

Published in Slovenian Journal of Public Health

ISSN: 1854-2476 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/SJPH

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