Psychotropic drugs and accidents in Scania, Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 726-732

  Modén, Birgit ^a,b   Ohlsson, Henrik ^a,c   Merlo, Juan ^a,c,d   Rosvall, Maria ^a,b,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866983290     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr110     Document Type: Article

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