Pattern of benzodiazepine use in psychiatric outpatients in Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ahmer, Syed ^a   Salamat, Sumera ^a   Khan, Rashid A M ^a   Iqbal, Saleem Perwaiz ^a   Haider, Imran Ijaz ^a   Khan, Ayesha Shabaz ^b   Zafar, Mohsan ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b FATIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 66149096297     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-5-9     Document Type: Article

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