Lithium use from 2000 to 2010 in Italy: A population-based study

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 89-94

  Parabiaghi, A ^a   Barbato, A ^a   Risso, P ^a   Fortino, I ^b   Bortolotti, A ^b   Merlino, L ^b   D'Avanzo, B ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Ministry   (Italy)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; drug utilization; lithium

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATA BASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928472232     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: 14390795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1398506     Document Type: Article

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