Prevalence of antidepressant use among older people: Population-based observations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1350-1353

  Mamdani, Muhammad ^a,c   Herrmann, Nathan ^b   Austin, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Antidepressant; Gender; Population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0032744551     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07438.x     Document Type: Article

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