Epidemiology of analgesic use: A gender perspective

European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Supplement

Volumn 19, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 5-15

  Isacson, Dag ^a   Bingefors, K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG USE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036989344     PISSN: 09521941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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