Long-term benzodiazepine use by elderly people living in the community

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-10

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Grayson, David ^b   Creasey, Helen ^b   Waite, Louise ^b   Broe, G A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DIVORCE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUSNESS; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BENZODIAZEPINES; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034004348     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00715.x     Document Type: Article

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