A household survey on the extent of home medication storage. A cross-sectional study from rural Crete, Greece

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Tsiligianni, Ioanna G ^a,b   Delgatty, Candida ^c   Alegakis, Athanasios ^b   Lionis, Christos ^b  

^a Venizelion Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Englewood Family Physicians   (United States)

Author keywords

Home storage; over the counter medications; polypharmacy; rural

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; AGENTS AFFECTING METABOLISM; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CETIRIZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DESLORATADINE; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONES AND AGENTS ACTING ON THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; LAXATIVE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; URINARY TRACT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857946865     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2011.604674     Document Type: Review

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