Prescribing practices: An overview of three teaching hospitals in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 73-77

  Najmi, Muzammil Hasan ^a   Hafiz, Rehan A ^b   Khan, Inayat ^c   Fazli, F R Y ^d  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Ministry of Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032012058     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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