The validity of self-reported prescription medication use among adolescents varied by therapeutic class

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 714-717

  Skurtveit, Svetlana ^a,b   Selmer, Randi ^a   Tverdal, Aage ^a   Furu, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health survey; Medication use; Prescription database; Self reported; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44449129011     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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