Self medication and health habits in the management of upper gastrointestinal symptoms

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-63

  Sihvo, Sinikka ^a,b   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dyspepsia; Health behavior; Lifestyle; Self medication; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPEPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0033040256     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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