Awareness and attitudes about disease mongering among medical and pharmaceutical students [1]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 558-559

  Kumar, C Jairaj ^a   Deoker, Abhizith ^a   Kumar, Ashwini ^a   Kumar, Arunachalam ^a   Hegde, B M ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL PHARMACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; ADVERTIZING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; PHARMACY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; INDIA; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33646236544     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030213     Document Type: Letter

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