Dispensed drugs and multiple medications in the Swedish population: An individual-based register study

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hovstadius, Bo ^a,b   Åstrand, Bengt ^c   Petersson, Göran ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (Sweden)

^c Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PSYCHOLEPTIC; SEX HORMONE; TRANQUILIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SECURITY; DRUG INTERACTION; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION GROUPS; PRESCRIPTIONS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649262165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-9-11     Document Type: Article

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