A European perspective on paedo-psychiatric pharmacoepidemiology

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-132

  Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^a,b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DENMARK; DRUG CONTROL; DSM-IV; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ICD-10; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84878540139     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20034     Document Type: Note

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