Association between Zolpidem and Suicide: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 308-315

  Sun, Yu ^a   Lin, Che Chen ^b,c   Lu, Chien Jung ^a   Hsu, Chung Y ^d   Kao, Chia Hung ^b,e  

^a EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE USE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBANIZATION; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PYRIDINES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959472111     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.10.022     Document Type: Article

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