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Large epidemiological databases are often used to examine matters pertaining to drug utilization, health services, and drug safety. The major strength of such databases is that they include large sample sizes, which allow precise estimates to be made. The IMS® LRx database has in recent years been used as a data source for epidemiological research. The aim of this paper is to review a number of...

It has been a great honor to represent you dur ing this last year, and it is a great challenge to stand before you now. Table I presents some of the multiple titles I have considered for this pre sentation over the last 10 months. I had a diffi cult time, in early August, when I had to select a final topic and fax my actual title to the Sci entific Program Chair, Bill Petri. I originally though...

Historically, all basic mathematical concepts of control theory were first stated and developed in continuous time, and subsequently reformed for discrete time, motivated by the growing role of digital computations and computer use. Although a majority of notions and results for continuousand discrete-time systems are almost identical, these two branches of the control science have been develop...

I HE J. H. Ames School, a labora tory school at Wisconsin State University in River Falls, completes a third year of use of hand-designed modular scheduling this year. Planning and implementation of this mode of education involved 100 students, grades six through nine. Instructional re sources and building facilities available dur ing this period could be considered adequate to superior, but we...

Community pharmacies are balancing between business (selling medicines and other products) and healthcare (using the pharmacists' knowledge in order to improve drug utilization). This balance could be affected by regulations decided upon by politicians, but also influenced by others. The aim of this study was to explore important stakeholders' views on community pharmacy and community pharmacis...

OBJECTIVES In the last few years there have been changes in the pattern of consumption of antihypertensive drugs in Spain. This study aimed to describe the pattern of use in Spain from 1995 to 2001, its compliance with guidelines, and its economic impact. An aim of particular interest for our study was the impact of angiotensin II receptor antagonists on the consumption of the drugs from other ...

(ISI) in 1987 and received its inaugural impact factor in the 1989 Journal Citation Reports ® (JCR ®) 1). For various reasons however, no bibliometric indicators were issued between 1995 and 1997 2). In this article we present some estimates of the 'missing' three years, so that a continuous bibliometric history for INDUSTRIAL HEALTH can be analyzed for the first time. Impact factors are derive...

Dr. Perry is associate professor, Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. W hat does it mean to "live one's mission" as a caregiver in a Catholic health care institution? Dur ing three years I spent as a clinical nurse educator in a Catholic hospital, I often asked nurses to tell me about those times in their careers when they felt satisfied that ...

Worldwide, millions of office workers use a computer. Reports of adverse health effects due to computer use have received considerable media attention. This systematic review summarises the evidence for a relationship between the duration of work time spent using the computer and the incidence of hand-arm and neck-shoulder symptoms and disorders. Several databases were systematically searched u...