Morbidity, deprivation, and antidepressant prescribing in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 448, 1999, Pages 884-886

  Mackenzie, Ian F ^a   Buckingham, Ken ^a   Wankowski, Jan M ^a   Wilcock, Mike ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Prescribing; Social demography

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG COSTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032700886     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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