IS THERE A RATIONALE FOR PRESCRIPTION OF BENZODIAZEPINES IN THE ELDERLY? REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

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  2003

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  Acta Clinica Belgica

• Publication date

  2003-02-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1179/acb.2003.58.1.004PMID 12723259
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