Can nonrandomized studies on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy convincingly beat confounding, chance, and prior beliefs?

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 686-688

  Palmsten, Kristin ^a   Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84864884225     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318258fbb2     Document Type: Note

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