Concordance for psychotropic drug use in older married couples

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1059-1060

  Dufouil, Carole ^a   Alpérovitch, Annick ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0031856551     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02776.x     Document Type: Letter

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