Validation of an electronic, population-based prescription database

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1152-1157

  Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^a,b   Mustard, Cameron A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Ctr Hlth Plcy and Eval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Manitoba; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG USE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0031756010     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.18117     Document Type: Article

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