Predictive factors of self-medicated drug use among the Spanish adult population

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-199

  Carrasco Garrido, Pilar ^a   Jimenez Garcia R ^a   Hernandez Barrera V ^a   Gil de Miguel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender; Health survey; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; MINERAL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PAIN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT; SORE THROAT; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 39749192021     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1455     Document Type: Article

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