Knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among basic science undergraduate medical students in a medical school in Western Nepal

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages FC17-FC22

  Gyawali, Sudesh ^a   Ravi Shankar, P ^b   Poudel, Phanindra Prasad ^a   Saha, Archana ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Xavier University School of Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Responsible self medication; Self care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949437614     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/16553.6988     Document Type: Article

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