Drug use patterns in young German women and association with mental disorders

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1529-1534

  Hach, Isabel ^a   Rentsch, Anke ^a   Ruhl, Uwe E ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b   Türke, Veneta ^a   Margraf, Jürgen ^c   Kirch, Wilhelm ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug use patterns; Mental disorders; Women

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTI ACNE AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG USE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAIN; PANIC; PHOBIA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN DISEASE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143107828     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D527     Document Type: Article

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