Disability pension as predictor of later use of benzodiazepines among benzodiazepine users

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 921-925

  Hartz, Ingeborg ^a   Tverdal, Aage ^b   Skille, Eivind ^a   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Disability pension; Long term use; Norway; Prescription database

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

DATABASE; DISABILITY; DRUG; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; PENSION SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PENSION; PRESCRIPTION; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG UTILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORWAY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

NORWAY;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; PENSIONS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950363525     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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