Large increase of the use of psycho-stimulants among youth in the Netherlands between 1996 and 2006

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 466-468

  Trip, Anne Marie ^a   Visser, Sipke T ^a   Kalverdijk, Luuk J ^b   De Jong Van Den Berg, Lolkje T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Mental health; Pharmacoepidemiology; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849294768     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03373.x     Document Type: Article

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