Self-medication practice and factors influencing it among medical and paramedical students in India: A two-period comparative cross-sectional study

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 143-148

  Kumar, Ritesh ^a   Goyal, Aman ^a   Padhy, Biswa Mohan ^b   Gupta, Yogendra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; cross sectional study; medical students; paramedical students; self care; self medication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978901283     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.184700     Document Type: Article

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