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2016 Month : August Volume : 5 Issue : 67 Page : 4815-4820

ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES ABOUT NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR - ROYAL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PERAK MALAYSIA.

ATM Emdadul Haque1, Muhamad Noor Azalizam Bin Abdullah2, Nurul Syahirah Binti AB Rahman3, Shanna Asyeqeen Binti Adzman4, Wan Hanim Aqilah Binti Wan Suhaimi5, Mainul Haque6

1Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Medical Education, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak
(UniKL RCMP), Malaysia.
22nd Year Medical Student, UniKL RCMP, Malaysia.
32nd Year Medical Student, UniKL RCMP, Malaysia.
42nd Year Medical Student, UniKL RCMP, Malaysia.
52nd Year Medical Student, UniKL RCMP, Malaysia.
6Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defense Health, National Defense University of Malaysia,
Kem Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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