Prevalence and determinants of using complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of chronic illnesses: A multicenter study in Bangladesh

• Md. Shahjalal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Research Rats, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-8433

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• Samar Kishor Chakma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Research Rats, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-3648

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• Tanvir Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Research Rats, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Irin Yasmin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Research Rats, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Rashidul Alam Mahumud,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, School of Business and Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-1868

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• Ahmed Hossain

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ahmed.hossain@utoronto.ca

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Global Health Institute, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4575-1273

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