Ethnicity and quality of antipsychotic prescribing among in-patients in south London

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-162

  Connolly, Anne ^a   Taylor, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 49149129462     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.050427     Document Type: Article

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