Prevalence of use of medically prescribed hypnotics among adult Japanese women in urban residential areas

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Kageyama, Takayuki ^a   Kabuto, Michinori ^a   Nitta, Hiroshi ^a   Kurokawa, Yoshika ^a   Taira, Kazuhiko ^b   Suzuki, Shosuke ^c   Takemoto, Tai Ichiro ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Hypnotic; Insomnia; Population; Prevalence; Primary health care; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL HOME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031957838     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb00975.x     Document Type: Article

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