Duration and compliance with antidepressant treatment in immigrant and native-born populations in Spain: A four year follow-up descriptive study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cruz, Inés ^a   Serna, Catalina ^b   Rué, Montserrat ^b   Real, Jordi ^a,b   Soler Gonzalez, Jorge ^a,b   Galván, Leonardo ^c  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Pharmacy Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84861044748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-256     Document Type: Article

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