Increasing Benzodiazepine Prescriptions and Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1996-2013.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  American Journal of Public Health

• Publication date

  2016-03-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303061PMID 26890165PMCID PMC4816010
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