Patterns of benzodiazepine and antidepressant use among middle-aged adults. the Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil)

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-77

  Brunoni, Andre R ^a   Nunes, Maria Angélica ^b   Figueiredo, Roberta ^c   Barreto, Sandhi M ^c   Da Fonseca, Maria De Jesus Mendes ^d   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Benseflor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Escola Nacional de Sai1de Pi1blica Fiocniz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medicines; Benzodiazepine medicines; Clinical epidemiology; Cohort study

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOXAZOLAM; DESVENLAFAXINE; DIAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICINES; BENZODIAZEPINE MEDICINES; CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; COHORT STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84888646041     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.054     Document Type: Article

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