Psychotropic drug use among older people in general practice: discrepancies between opinion and practice.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on April 01, 2010

Authors

Andrea Lasserre1, Nadia Younès, Thierry Blanchon, Inge Cantegreil-Kallen, Christine Passerieux, Guy Thomas, Christine Chan-Chee, Thomas Hanslik

Author Affiliations

1: INSERM, U707, Paris, France; UPMC Université Paris 6, UMR S707, Paris, France. lasserre@u707.jussieu.fr

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