Substance abuse among medical students and doctors: A call for action

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-59

  Seshadri, Shekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPETITION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 44949133979     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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