Falls, depression and antidepressants in later life: A large primary care appraisal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kerse, Ngaire ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b   Pfaff, Jon J ^b   Draper, Brian ^c   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^b   Sim, Moira ^d   Snowdon, John ^e   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM SALT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49149097724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002423     Document Type: Article

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