General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 374-378 , September 2006

Outcome of new benzodiazepine prescriptions to older adults in primary care

Received 20 April 2006 ,Accepted 22 May 2006.

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☆ The National Institute of Mental Health had no role in the study design, execution, analysis and interpretation of results, or preparation of this manuscript.

PII: S0163-8343(06)00093-4

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 374-378 , September 2006

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