Use of analgesics in Sweden - The importance of sociodemographic factors, physical fitness, health and health-related factors, and working conditions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1473-1481

  Antonov, Karolina ^a   Isacson, Dag ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Epidemiology; General population; Health; Health care; Pain; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029897506     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(96)87321-7     Document Type: Article

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