Home medication cabinets and self-medication: A source of potential health threats?

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-579

  De Bolle, Leen ^a   Mehuys, Els ^a   Adriaens, Els ^a   Remon, Jean Paul ^a   Van Bortel, Luc ^b   Christiaens, Thierry ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Home medication; Self treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; PHARMACY STUDENT; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG STORAGE; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 42049086074     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K533     Document Type: Article

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