Generating psychotropic drug exposure data from computer-based medical records

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-124

  Bonetto, Chiara ^a   Nosè, Michela ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Drug epidemiology; Information storage and retrieval; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES; DRUG EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRUG EXPOSURE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33746864959     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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