Oral anticoagulant therapy in Italy: Prescribing prevalence and clinical reasons

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 601-603

  Filippi, Alessandro ^a   Sessa, Emiliano ^b   Trifir, Gianluca ^c   Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^b   Pecchioli, Serena ^b   Caputi, Achille P ^c   Cricelli, Claudio ^a  

^a Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^b Health Search Database   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Database; General practice; Oral anticoagulant; Prescription; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE;

EID: 6344226479     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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