Benzodiazepine prescribing behaviour and attitudes: A survey among general practitioners practicing in northern Thailand

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Srisurapanont, Manit ^a   Garner, Paul ^b   Critchley, Julia ^b   Wongpakaran, Nahathai ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PANIC; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; THAILAND; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 23944492905     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-27     Document Type: Review

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