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April 4, 2007International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

The effect of chronic benzodiazepine use on cognitive functioning in older persons: good, bad or indifferent?

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EBE.J.M. BiermanVrije Universiteit AmsterdamHCHannie C. ComijsGGZ inGeestCGChad M. GundyThe Netherlands Cancer Institute

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a01f8820cec8eebbd5cb8e7https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1811
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