The rise and rise of proton pump inhibitor drugs: Patients' perspectives

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1571-1579

  Boath, Elizabeth H ^a   Blenkinsopp, Alison ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GP; Prescribing; Proton pump inhibitor

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; H(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROTON PUMPS; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0030681303     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00094-4     Document Type: Article

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