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Age and sex differences in general practice benzodiazepine prescription in United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

V. Eapen*
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University College London Medical School, London W1N 8AA
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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