Women and men report different behaviours in, and reasons for medication non-adherence: A nationwide Swedish survey;Hombres y mujeres comunican diferentes comportamientos y razones para el incumplimiento de la medicación: Encuesta nacional Sueca

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-221

  Thunander Sundbom, Lena ^a,b   Bingefors, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health care surveys; Health knowledge; Medication adherence; Practice; Sweden

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84871626995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552012000400005     Document Type: Article

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