Over-the-counter analgesic use by urban Aboriginal people in South Australia

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-380

  Cusack, Lynette ^a   de Crespigny, Charlotte ^b   Wilson, Coral ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Elder Cultural Advisor   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Indigenous; Medication use; Non prescribed analgesics; Over the counter analgesics; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879415067     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12023     Document Type: Article

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