Costs of antidepressant overdose a preliminary study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 446, 1999, Pages 733-734

  Kapur, Navneet ^b   House, Allan ^c   Creed, Francis ^c   Feldman, Eleanor ^a   Friedman, Trevor ^c   Guthrie, Elspeth ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Cost effectiveness; Overdose

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032846539     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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