Anxiolytics, hypnotics, and antidepressants dispensed to adolescents in a French region in 2002

@article{Mancini2006AnxiolyticsHA,
  title={Anxiolytics, hypnotics, and antidepressants dispensed to adolescents in a French region in 2002},
  author={Julien Mancini and Xavier Thirion and Alain Masut and Carine Saillard and Vincent Pradel and Fanny Romain and M J Jean Pastor and Christine Coudert and Jo{\"e}lle Micallef},
  journal={Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety},
  year={2006},
  volume={15}
}
This study proposes to complete declarative studies by describing the prescriptions of anxiolytics, hypnotics, and antidepressants dispensed to adolescents in a French region in 2002. 
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