Purchasing over-the-counter medications: The influence of age and familiarity

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-261

  Johnson, Mitzi M S ^a   Johnson, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; LAXATIVE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PURCHASING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DECISION MAKING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033762978     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107300404886     Document Type: Article

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