High use of sedatives and hypnotics in ethnic minorities in Sweden

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-11

  Hjern, Anders ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Ethnicity; Hypnotics; Migration; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; SEDATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY;

EID: 0035031782     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850124836     Document Type: Article

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