Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households

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.

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Main Authors: Paut Kusturica Milica, Tomas Ana, Tomic Zdenko, Bukumiric Dragica, Corac Aleksandar, Horvat Olga, Sabo Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-09-01
Series:Slovenian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0025
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-f229d69ebc3744478345ed572cf9536b2022-12-21T21:27:45ZengSciendoSlovenian Journal of Public Health1854-24762016-09-0155319520110.1515/sjph-2016-0025sjph-2016-0025Analysis of expired medications in Serbian householdsPaut Kusturica Milica0Tomas Ana1Tomic Zdenko2Bukumiric Dragica3Corac Aleksandar4Horvat Olga5Sabo Ana6University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaAn 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.https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0025drug wastagehouseholdsexpired medicationsserbiaodpadna zdravilagospodinjstvazdravila s pretečenim rokom trajanjasrbija
spellingShingle Paut Kusturica Milica
Tomas Ana
Tomic Zdenko
Bukumiric Dragica
Corac Aleksandar
Horvat Olga
Sabo Ana
Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households
Slovenian Journal of Public Health
drug wastage
households
expired medications
serbia
odpadna zdravila
gospodinjstva
zdravila s pretečenim rokom trajanja
srbija
title Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households
title_full Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households
title_fullStr Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households
title_short Analysis of expired medications in Serbian households
title_sort analysis of expired medications in serbian households
topic drug wastage
households
expired medications
serbia
odpadna zdravila
gospodinjstva
zdravila s pretečenim rokom trajanja
srbija
url https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0025
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