Database use in psychiatric research: An international review

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Higgins, Nicola ^a   Howard, Louise ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services research; Psychiatry; Research; Research design

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOZAPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIORIDAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDE;

EID: 17144399574     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S0213-61632005000100002     Document Type: Review

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