The impact of sedative-hypnotic use on sleep symptoms in elderly nursing home residents

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-92

  Monane, Mark ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^b   Avorn, Jerry ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0030024030     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9236(96)90027-2     Document Type: Article

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