Utilization of medicines by the Brazilian population, 2003 Características da utilização de medicamentos na população brasileira, 2003

• Main Authors: Marcelo Felga de Carvalho (Author), Ana Roberta Pati Pascom (Author), Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza-Júnior (Author), Giseli Nogueira Damacena (Author), Célia Landmann Szwarcwald (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of the present study was to characterize the utilization of medicines by the Brazilian population, using data from the Brazilian World Health Survey. Medicines were grouped according to the active pharmaceutical ingredient based on an adaptation of the World Health Organization standard list...