Factors associated with multiple medication use in different age groups

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1978-1985

  Moen, Janne ^a,b   Antonov, Karolina ^c   Larsson, Charlotte A ^d,e   Lindblad, Ulf ^f,g   Nilsson, J Lars G ^b   Råstam, Lennart ^d,e   Ring, Lena ^a,h  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health status factors; Lifestyle factors; Multiple medicine use; Polypharmacy; Population survey; Self rated health; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 72249101018     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M354     Document Type: Article

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