Effect of legislative changes in drug promotion on medical students: Questionnaire survey

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1172-1177

  Vuorenkoski, Lauri ^a   Valta, Maija ^b,c   Helve, Otto ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

*Drug industry; *Interprofessional relations; *Legislation, drug; *Students, medical; Education, medical, undergraduate *economics; Finland; Research support as topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MARKETING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649103469     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03169.x     Document Type: Article

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