Antidepressant use in the elderly population in Canada: Results from a national survey

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Newman, Stephen C ^a,b   Hassan, Ahmed I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0032744494     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.10.M527     Document Type: Article

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