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Pattern of benzodiazepine use in psychiatric outpatients in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Benzodiazepines (BDZ) are the largest-selling drug group in the world. The potential of dependence with BDZ has been known for almost three decades now. In countries like Pakistan where laws against unlicensed sale of BDZ are not implemented vigorously the risk of misuse of and dependenc...

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Autores principales:	Ahmer, Syed, Salamat, Sumera, Khan, Rashid AM, Iqbal, Saleem Perwaiz, Haider, Imran Ijaz, Khan, Ayesha Shabaz, Zafar, Mohsan
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Bentham Science Publishers 2009
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2683813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19400933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-0179-5-9

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