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Differences in drug utilisation between men and women: a cross-sectional analysis of all dispensed drugs in Sweden

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  • Desirée Loikas Department of Medicine, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology (CPE), Solna Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Healthcare Development, Public Healthcare Services Committee, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Björn Wettermark Department of Medicine, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology (CPE), Solna Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Healthcare Development, Public Healthcare Services Committee, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, SwedenDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mia von Euler Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ulf Bergman Department of Medicine, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology (CPE), Solna Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karin Schenck-Gustafsson Department of Medicine, Cardiac Unit and Centre for Gender Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Karin Schenck-Gustafsson; karin.schenck-gustafsson{at}ki.se
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Loikas D, Wettermark B, von Euler M, et al
Differences in drug utilisation between men and women: a cross-sectional analysis of all dispensed drugs in Sweden
BMJ Open 2013;3:e002378. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002378

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  • Received November 25, 2012
  • Accepted March 26, 2013
  • First published May 3, 2013.
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May 03, 2013
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