Pharmacy data in epidemiological studies: An easy to obtain and reliable tool

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-384

  Monster, Taco B M ^a   Janssen, Wilbert M T ^a,b   De Jong, Paul E ^a   De Jong van Den Berg, Lolkje T W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Drug use; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacy history; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROALBUMINURIA; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACIES; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036636030     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.722     Document Type: Article

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