Risk of death related to psychotropic drug use in older people during the european 2003 heatwave: A population-based case-control study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1059-1067

  Nordon, Clementine ^a,b   Martin Latry, Karin ^a   De Roquefeuil, Laurence ^c   Latry, Philippe ^d   Bégaud, Bernard ^a   Falissard, Bruno ^b,e,f   Rouillon, Frederic ^e   Verdoux, Helene ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c University of Paris Cité   (France)

^d Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries   (France)

^e Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^f HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER CHARLES PERRENS   (France)

Author keywords

Heatwave; Mortality; Psychotropic drug

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CLOZAPINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; LITHIUM; LOXAPINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PENFLURIDOL; PHENOTHIAZINE; PIMOZIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIOXANTHENE; TIANEPTINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VILOXAZINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; GENDER; HEAT STRESS; HEATWAVE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 74349119653     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181b7ef6e     Document Type: Article

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