The benzodiazepine treadmill - Does one prescription lead to more?

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-42

  Neutel, C Ineke ^a   Maxwell, Colleen J ^b  

^a Drugs Directorate   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0029916653     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199601)5:1<39::AID-PDS211>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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