Choking deaths: The role of antipsychotic medication

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue NOV., 2003, Pages 446-450

  Ruschena, D ^a   Mullen, P E ^a,b   Palmer, S ^c   Burgess, P ^c   Cordner, S M ^a   Drummer, O H ^a   Wallace, C ^a   Barry Walsh, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

^c Thomas Embling Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THIORIDAZINE;

EID: 0242383301     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.5.446     Document Type: Article

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