Antidepressant drug use in primary care: A record linkage study in Tayside, Scotland

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7061, 1996, Pages 860-861

  MacDonald, T M ^a,c   McMahon, A D ^a   Reid, I C ^a,b   Fenton, G W ^a,b   McDevitt, D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of of Psychiatry ^*

^c Medicines Monitoring Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; GLAUCOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0029789108     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7061.860     Document Type: Article

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