Use of addictive anxiolytics and hypnotics in a national cohort of incident users in Norway.

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Published in Eur J Clin Pharmacol on September 18, 2011

Authors

Svein R Kjosavik1, Sabine Ruths, Steinar Hunskaar

Author Affiliations

1: Research Group for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7804, 5020, Bergen, Norway. svein.kjosavik@isf.uib.no

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