Antidepressant drug prescribing in italy, 2000: Analysis of a general practice database

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 605-609

  Pietraru, Clara ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^b   Poggio, Lorena ^a   Tognoni, Gianni ^a,b  

^a ASL 7   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Epidemiology; General practice

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MIANSERIN; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; GENDER; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; SAMPLE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034754321     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280100361     Document Type: Article

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