A national survey on knowledge and perceptions of senior medical students in Australia about generic medicines

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-124

  Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad ^a   Stewart, Kay ^b   Kong, David C M ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

AUSTRALIA; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG QUALITY; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DRUGS, GENERIC; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 41149171173     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01543.x     Document Type: Letter

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