Inequality in analgesic prescription in Spain. A gender development issue

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-142

  Chilet Rosell, Elisa ^a,b   Ruiz Cantero, M Teresa ^a,b   Sáez, José Fernández ^a,b   Álvarez Dardet, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Gender development; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875372692     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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