Self-reported long-standing psychiatric illness and intake of benzodiazepines: A comparison between foreign-born and Swedish-born people

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Bayard Burfield, L ^b   Sundquist, J ^c   Johansson, S E ^a  

^a STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Foreign born; Intake of benzodiazepines; Self reported psychiatric illness

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034113046     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/10.1.51     Document Type: Article

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