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Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students
Studies worldwide have reported alarming rates of alcohol misuse among medical students (Webb et al, 1996; Kuo et al, 2002; Akvadar et al, 2004). These reports are surprising as well as of extreme concern, as medical professionals are supposedly more educated on the harmful effects of excessive alco...
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508050 |
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author | Imran, Nazish Haider, Imran Ijaz Sohail, Atif Zafar, Mohsan Bhatti, Muhammad Riaz |
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description | Studies worldwide have reported alarming rates of alcohol misuse among medical students (Webb et al, 1996; Kuo et al, 2002; Akvadar et al, 2004). These reports are surprising as well as of extreme concern, as medical professionals are supposedly more educated on the harmful effects of excessive alcohol consumption. The majority of studies exploring the knowledge and attitudes of medical students regarding alcohol have been from the USA and the UK, with only few from lower-income countries and the Islamic world (Kumar & Basu, 2000; Akvadar et al, 2004). |
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spelling | pubmed-67349862019-09-10 Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students Imran, Nazish Haider, Imran Ijaz Sohail, Atif Zafar, Mohsan Bhatti, Muhammad Riaz Int Psychiatry Thematic Paper–Alcohol Misuse by the Young Studies worldwide have reported alarming rates of alcohol misuse among medical students (Webb et al, 1996; Kuo et al, 2002; Akvadar et al, 2004). These reports are surprising as well as of extreme concern, as medical professionals are supposedly more educated on the harmful effects of excessive alcohol consumption. The majority of studies exploring the knowledge and attitudes of medical students regarding alcohol have been from the USA and the UK, with only few from lower-income countries and the Islamic world (Kumar & Basu, 2000; Akvadar et al, 2004). The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734986/ /pubmed/31508050 Text en © 2010 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Thematic Paper–Alcohol Misuse by the Young Imran, Nazish Haider, Imran Ijaz Sohail, Atif Zafar, Mohsan Bhatti, Muhammad Riaz Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students |
title | Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students |
title_full | Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students |
title_fullStr | Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students |
title_short | Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students |
title_sort | perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among pakistani medical students |
topic | Thematic Paper–Alcohol Misuse by the Young |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508050 |
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