Prescribing Practices of Consultants at Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 74-77

  Das, N ^a   Khan, A N ^b   Badini, Z A ^a   Baloch, H ^a   Parkash, J ^c  

^a BOLAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Research and Evaluation   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAKISTAN; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; DRUGS, GENERIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; VITAMINS;

EID: 0035257593     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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