Treatment of major depressive disorder in primary care in Rome, Italy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-472

  Di Giuseppe, Pier Paolo ^a   Fassone, Giovanni ^b   Biondi, Massimo ^a   Ferrigno, Luigina ^b   Mazzotti, Eva ^b   Pasquini, Massimo ^a   Pasquini, Paolo ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressive drugs; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0032242382     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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