Impact of bipolar disorder on the family: Utilization and cost of health care resources

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chatterton, Mary Lou ^a   Ke, Xiongkan ^b   Lewis, Barbara Edelman ^c   Rajagopalan, Krithika ^d   Lazarus, Arthur ^b  

^a MLG Consulting Services Inc   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c EISAI INC   (United States)

^d BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 38949120463     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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