Ethnic density, physical illness, social deprivation and antidepressant prescribing in primary care: Ecological study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Walters, Paul ^a   Ashworth, Mark ^b   Tylee, André ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 51449088214     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.038299     Document Type: Article

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