Increased personal medication use among Finnish physicians from 1986 to 1997

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 498, 2004, Pages 44-46

  Töyry, Saara ^a,b   Räsänen, Kimmo ^c   Seuri, Markku ^d   Äärimaa, Markku ^e   Juntunen, Juhani ^f   Kujala, Santero ^e   Husman, Kaj ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Dept Res/Devmt Occup Hlth Serv   (United Kingdom)

^c Mehilainen Occupational Health Serv   (United Kingdom)

^d Kuopio Reg Inst of Occup Hlth   (United Kingdom)

^e Finnish Medical Association   (United Kingdom)

^f LEL Employment Pension Fund   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drug prescription; Physicians; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 17944404660     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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