Sources of medicine information in Finland

Health Policy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Närhi, Ulla ^a   Helakorpi, Satu ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGENCY FOR MEDICINES   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Access to information; Age groups; Drug information services; Medicine; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELATIVE; SELF MEDICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34848870524     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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