Drug utilization patterns and reported health status in ethnic German migrants (Aussiedler) in Germany: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Volodina, Anna ^a   Bertsche, Thilo ^a,c   Kostev, Karel ^b   Winkler, Volker ^a   Haefeli, Walter Emil ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b IQVIA   (United States)

^c Department of Clinical Pharmacy   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF REPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959619570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-509     Document Type: Article

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