Questionable advertising of psychotropic medications and disease mongering [8]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1192-

  Lacasse, Jeffrey R ^a   Leo, Jonathan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; ADVERTIZING; NOTE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PIPERAZINES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUINOLONES;

EID: 33746469871     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030321     Document Type: Letter

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