Impact of an extensive asthma education campaign for physicians on their drug prescription practices

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-25

  Al Shimemeri, Abdullah ^a,d   Al Ghadeer, Hend ^a   Giridhar, Hema ^a   Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a   Al Moamary, Mohamed ^a   Khan, Javid ^a   Al Mobeireek, Abdullah ^b   Al Wazzan, Abdullah ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Education campaign; Prescription practices; Saudi protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747697729     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.25866     Document Type: Article

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