Reducing Sedative-hypnotic Medication Use in Older Adults with Sleep Problems

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2330-2331

  Boockvar, Kenneth S ^a,b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Jewish Homes and Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DROWSINESS; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MOOD DISORDER; NOCTURIA; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84995467381     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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