Self-medication patterns among medical students in South India

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-220

  Badiger, Sanjeev ^a   Kundapur, Rashmi ^a   Jain, Animesh ^b   Kumar, Ashwini ^b   Pattanshetty, Sanjay ^c   Thakolkaran, Nimmy ^d   Bhat, Nitasha ^d   Ullal, Nowshin ^d  

^a NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NITTE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Medical students; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; SELF MEDICATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 84930482559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2012.1007     Document Type: Article

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