Benefits and risks of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs: Comparison of perceptions of GPs and community pharmacists in Germany;Wie schätzen deutsche Hausärzte und Apotheker Nutzen und Schaden von Benzodiazepinen und Z-Drugs ein?

GMS German Medical Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hoffmann, Falk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Cross sectional studies; Germany; Hypnotics and sedatives

Indexed keywords

AZABICYCLO DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PIPERAZINES; PRESCRIPTIONS; PYRIDINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84893517612     PISSN: 16123174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3205/000178     Document Type: Article

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