A review of self-medication in physicians and medical students

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 490-497

  Montgomery, A J ^a   Bradley, C ^b   Rochfort, A ^c   Panagopoulou, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c IRISH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Ireland)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fitness for work; Occupational; Occupational fitness; Occupational hazard; Occupational medicine education; Well being; Workplace; Workplace hazards

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80054005213     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr098     Document Type: Review

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