Benzodiazepine Use and Risk of Mortality in Individuals Aged 85 Years or Older [6]

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2942-2943

  Vinkers, David J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^b  

^a Dept of General Internal Medicine ^*

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG USE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0345168928     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.22.2942     Document Type: Letter

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