Norwegian medical students' attitudes towards the pharmaceutical industry

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 727-733

  Lea, Dordi ^a   Spigset, Olav ^a,b   Slørdal, Lars ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Guidelines; National survey; Pharmaceutical promotion; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUNGARY; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; NORWAY; POLAND; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955561197     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-010-0805-6     Document Type: Article

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