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Original Article

General practitioners' prescribing patterns of benzodiazepine hypnotics: Are elderly patients at particular risk for overprescribing?

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Pages 16-21 | Received 01 Dec 1995, Accepted 01 Jun 1996, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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