Exposure and attitudes to pharmaceutical promotion among pharmacy and medical students in Kuwait

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-313

  Ball, Douglas E ^a   Al Manea, Sara A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Drug promotion; Gifts; Medical students; Pharmacy students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUSINESS ETHICS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TRAINING;

EID: 36749050918     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15602210701737897     Document Type: Article

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