Benzodiazepine-like hypnotics - Attitudes and prescription practice among general practioners;Benzodiazepinliknende hypnotika - Holdninger og forskrivningspraksis blant allmennleger

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-170

  Bachmann, Christine Strand ^a   Berg, Erik Andreas ^a   Spigset, Olav ^a,b   Slørdal, Lars ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZABICYCLO DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 38749105122     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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