Hospitalized patients' preference in the treatment of insomnia: Pharmacological versus non-pharmacological

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Azad, Nahid ^a   Byszewski, Anna ^a   Sarazin, Francine F A ^a   McLean, William ^a   Koziarz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b General Campus ^*

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Inpatients; Insomnia; Non pharmacological; Pharmacological

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0041429544     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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