Beyond abuse and exposure: Framing the impact of prescription-medication sharing

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1115-1121

  Goldsworthy, Richard C ^a   Schwartz, Nancy C ^a   Mayhorn, Christopher B ^b  

^a Academic Edge Inc   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DOXYCYCLINE; FEXOFENADINE; ISOTRETINOIN; LORATADINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYCODONE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION SHARING; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849085793     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123257     Document Type: Article

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