Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of doctors to adverse drug reaction reporting in a teaching hospital in India: An observational study

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-196

  Khan, Sarfaraz Alam ^a   Goyal, Chhaya ^a   Chandel, Nitibhushansingh ^a   Rafi, Mohammed ^a  

^a Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry and PG Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; doctors; knowledge; pharmacovigilance; spontaneous reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878849341     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.107289     Document Type: Article

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