Benzodiazepine use in all alcohol consumers predicts use of opioids in patients 20 years later - A follow-up study of 13 390 men and women aged 40-42 years

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 626-933

  Skurtveit, Svetlana ^a,b   Furu, Kari ^a   Bramness, Jørgen G ^a   Tverdal, Aage ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Non cancer patients; Opioids; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF MEDICATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 52949148136     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1616     Document Type: Article

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