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Gender Differences in Predictors of Self-Medication with Tranquillizers and Sleeping Pills: Results of the Population-Based Study in Serbia

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 59 (2020): Issue 1 (March 2020)
By: Katica Tripković,  Milena Šantrić Milićević and  Marina Odalović  
Open Access
|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
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Language: English
Page range: 47 - 56
Submitted on: Mar 28, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 13, 2019
Published on: Dec 13, 2019
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
self-medication,
unmet needs,
tranquillizers and sleeping pills,
predictors,
prevalence,
gender
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2019 Katica Tripković, Milena Šantrić Milićević, Marina Odalović, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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