Drug prescribing in primary care related to patient age. Trends in a ten-year repeated prescription study in a Swedish province

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-24

  Silwer, Louise ^a,c   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^a,b  

^a Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Apoteket AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 16844380697     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780509178012     Document Type: Article

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