Open AccessAssessment of prescribing practices among urban and rural general practitioners in Tamil Nadu
Author(s) -
S Gopalakrishnan,
P. Ganeshkumar,
Ajitha Katta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.111931
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , tamil , family medicine , pharmacy , rural area , drug , amoxicillin , environmental health , antibiotics , pharmacology , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Studying drug use pattern among medical practitioners is of vital importance in the present scenario where irrational drug use and development of drug resistance is becoming rampant.