An increased risk of road traffic accidents after prescriptions of lithium or valproate?

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 492-496

  Bramness, Jørgen G ^a,b   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^a,c   Neutel, C Ineke ^d   Mørland, Jørg ^a,b   Engeland, Anders ^a,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lithium; Pharmacoepidemiology; Traffic injury; Valproate

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 68149123575     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1740     Document Type: Article

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