Socioeconomic correlates of drug use based on prescription data: A population-based cross-sectional register study in Denmark 1999

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Mortensen, Jens T ^a,b   Olesen, Anne V ^c   Bøggild, Henrik ^b,d   Olsen, Jørn ^c   Westergård Nielsen, Niels C ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^d Public Health Medical Office   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENMARK; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; HUMAN; INCOME; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; OCCUPATION; PENSION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33947724091     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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