Modifications in psychotropic drug use patterns in a Southern Brazilian city;Modificações nos padrões de consumo de psicofármacos em localidade do Sul do Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Rodrigues, Maria Aparecida P ^a,b   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^a   de Lima, Maurício Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Administration dosage; Cross sectional studies; Drug utilization, trends; Pharmacoepidemiology; Psychopharmacology; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646120100     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006000100017     Document Type: Article

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