Medicines information needs during pregnancy: A multinational comparison

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hämeen Anttila, Katri ^a   Jyrkkä, Johanna ^a   Enlund, Hannes ^a   Nordeng, Hedvig ^b,c   Lupattelli, Angela ^b   Kokki, Esa ^a  

^a Finnish Medicines Agency   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINE; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN;

EID: 84877692648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002594     Document Type: Article

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