Quetiapine-related harms are on the rise

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-280

  Heilbronn, Cherie E ^a   Lloyd, Belinda ^a   McElwee, Paul ^a   Eade, Alan ^b   Lubman, Dan I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Blackburn North   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

COMA; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICS;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84863694434     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411432213     Document Type: Letter

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