Can we say that seniors are addicted to benzodiazepines

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1988-1999

  Landreat, Morgane Guillou ^a   Vigneau, Caroline Victorri ^a   Hardouin, Jean Benoit ^a   Bronnec, Marie Grall ^a   Marais, Marie ^a   Venisse, Jean Luc ^a   Jolliet, Pascale ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; Benzodiazepine; Elderly; Prevalence; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77954445651     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003777568     Document Type: Article

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