Drug utilization study of psychotropic drugs in outdoor patients in a teaching hospital

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-58

  Piparva, K G ^a   Parmar, D M ^b   Singh, A P ^b   Gajera, M V ^b   Trivedi, H R ^b  

^a PDU Medical College   (India)

^b M P SHAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; prescribed daily dose; prescribing pattern; psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053607916     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.85396     Document Type: Article

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