The Danish national prescription registry

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 38-41

  Wallach Kildemoes, Helle ^a,b   Toft Sørensen, Henrik ^c   Hallas, Jesper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; dispensed prescription drugs; individual level data; nation wide register

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; HUMAN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH;

EID: 79960762005     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810394717     Document Type: Article

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