Age-Related response to redeemed antidepressants measured by completed suicide in older adults: A nationwide cohort study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-33

  Erlangsen, Annette ^a,b   Conwell, Yeates ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Antidepressant; Elderly; Oldest old; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84893352508     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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