Effect of neighborhood social participation on individual use of hormone replacement therapy and antihypertensive medication: A multilevel analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 774-783

  Merlo, Juan ^a,b   Lynch, John W ^c   Yang, Min ^d   Lindström, Martin ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Rasmusens, Niels Kristian ^e   Råstam, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Antihypertensive agents; Hormone replacement therapy; Pharmacoepidemiology; Social environment; Social medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; SEX HORMONE;

DRUG USER; HYPERTENSION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038078094     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg053     Document Type: Article

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