Surveillance of gastrointestinal disease in France using drug sales data

Epidemics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Pivette, Mathilde ^a,b,c   Mueller, Judith E ^a,d   Crépey, Pascal ^a,e   Bar Hen, Avner ^b  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Celtipharm   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Drug utilization; Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG MARKETING; EPIDEMIC; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WINTER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMERCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84902380060     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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