Mustafa, Tehmina
Shahzad, Yasir
Kiani, Ayyaz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitetet i Bergen
Article History
Received: 13 November 2017
Accepted: 15 March 2018
First Online: 28 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol was exempted from the requirement of ethical clearance from the Regional Ethical Committee of Norway, and was approved by the National Bioethical Committee of Pakistan, (Ref: No. 4–87/14/NBC-156/RDC/477). At each pharmacy permission was taken from the owner of the pharmacy and the main seller (if they were different) by administering the information sheet containing the necessary information about the study, voluntary participation, confidentiality and anonymity. Further elaboration was done by the interviewer if required. Participants were asked to sign the consent form.
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