Medicine use by Finnish female conscripts during voluntary military service

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 710-716

  Linden, Kari ^a,b   Jormanainen, Vesa ^a   Pietilä, Kirsi ^b   Sahi, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILITARY SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 33746990732     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.8.710     Document Type: Article

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