Retracted: Prescription audit and drug utilization pattern in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Bhopal
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20162852Keywords:
Prescription auditing, Drug utilization pattern, Polypharmacy, Rational pharmacotherapyAbstract
The article titled, "Prescription audit and drug utilization pattern in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Bhopal", published in the International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 5, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1845-1849, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20162852 is being retracted.1 It has been observed that the article contains several overlapping text sections from a previous published article titled, "Prescription auditing and drug utilization pattern in a tertiary care teaching hospital of western UP" published in the International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-190, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/2319-2003.ijbcp003812.2
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