Antidepressant drugs and the risk of intracranial bleeding: Parsing an observational study

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 21-24

  Howland, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES;

EID: 84956940858     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20160119-07     Document Type: Article

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