Increasing benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose mortality in the United States, 1996-2013

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 686-688

  Bachhuber, Marcus A ^a   Hennessy, Sean ^b   Cunningham, Chinazo O ^a   Starrels, Joanna L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961613497     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303061     Document Type: Review

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