Factors associated with analgesic and psychotropic medications use by community-dwelling older people with chronic pain

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 471-474

  Kung, Francis ^a   Gibson, Stephen J ^b   Helme, Robert D ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032859764     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01301.x     Document Type: Article

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