The use of antidepressants in Belgian nursing homes: focus on indications and dosages in the PHEBE study.

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Published in Drugs Aging on September 01, 2012

Authors

Jolyce Bourgeois1, Monique M Elseviers, Luc Van Bortel, Mirko Petrovic, Robert H Vander Stichele

Author Affiliations

1: Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Belgium. jolyce.bourgeois@ugent.be

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