The Danish prescription registries

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-448

  Gaist, David ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b   Hallas, Jesper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCOSIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DENMARK; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; DRUG MONITORING; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH;

EID: 15144344551     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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