Prescription of benzodiazepines in general practice in the context of a man-made disaster: A longitudinal study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 612-617

  Fassaert, Thijs ^a   Dorn, Tina ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Peter M M ^a   Van Dongen, Martien C J M ^b   Van Gool, Christel J A W ^b   Yzermans, C Joris ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Disasters; Longitudinal studies; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZODIAZEPINES; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 37249015989     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm020     Document Type: Article

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