Costs of aspirin and statins in general practice

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-26

  Drummond, A ^a   Kwok, S ^a   Morgan, J ^a   Durrington, P N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; DYSPEPSIA; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0036178967     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/95.1.23     Document Type: Article

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