The use of controlled analgesics in a general population (15-59 years) - The influence of age, gender, morbidity, lifestyle and sociodemographic factors

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-111

  Eggen, Anne Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

analgesics; codeine; demographic factors; morbidity; nonparticipation; pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; PENTAZOCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030007740     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199603)5:2<101::AID-PDS202>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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