Evaluation of awareness about pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction monitoring in resident doctors of a tertiary care teaching hospital

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Pimpalkhute, Sonali A ^a   Jaiswal, K M ^a   Sontakke, S D ^a   Bajait, C S ^a   Gaikwad, A ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; attitue; knowledge; practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; PHYSICIANS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84877103291     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.110902     Document Type: Article

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