Self-prescribing among young Norwegian doctors: A nine-year follow-up study of a nationwide sample

BMC Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hem, Erlend ^a   Stokke, Guro ^a   Tyssen, Reidar ^a   Grønvold, Nina T ^a   Vaglum, Per ^a   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27744515137     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-3-16     Document Type: Article

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