Information sources and prescribing: In the Lisbon region;Fontes de informação e prescrição médica: Na região de Lisboa

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Furtado, Cláudia ^a   Pereira, João A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drug information services; Statistics and numerical data economics, physicians, quality of health care, Portugal; Utilization, drug utilization, drug prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PORTUGAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847741024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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