The impact of benzodiazepines on occurrence of pneumonia and mortality from pneumonia: A nested case-control and survival analysis in a population-based cohort

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 591-592

  Iqbal, Usman ^a   Syed Abdul, Shabbir ^a,b   Nguyen, Phung Anh ^a,b   Jian, Wen Shan ^c   Li, Yu Chuan ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84877586542     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203211     Document Type: Letter

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