Reporting of adverse drug reactions: Predictors of under-reporting in Malaysia

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-228

  Aziz, Zoriah ^a   Siang, Tan Ching ^a   Badarudin, Nurul Suhaida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ADR reporting; Physicians; Predictors; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNCERTAINTY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847181734     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1313     Document Type: Article

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