## Abstract ## Objective To determine the factors associated with use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine related drugs (BZDs/BZDRDs) in a nationwide population of older people. ## Methods We analyzed data on age, sex, type of residential area (urban/rural), and dispensed drugs for people aged
Factors associated with choice of psychotropic drugs used for intentional drug overdose
✍ Scribed by Marie Tournier; Adeline Grolleau; Audrey Cougnard; Mathieu Molimard; Hélène Verdoux
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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