Self-medication among urban population of Jammu city [3]

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-43

  Sharma, R ^a   Verma, U ^a   Sharma, C L ^b   Kapoor, B ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Armed Medical Corps   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOFENAC; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NIMESULIDE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORFLOXACIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; ALOPECIA; ARTHRALGIA; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDUCATION; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEPTIC ULCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13744260185     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.13856     Document Type: Letter

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