Associations between the use of specific psychotropic drugs and all-cause mortality among older adults in Germany: Results of the mortality follow-up of the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998.

<h4>Background</h4>Use of psychotropic drugs is common among older adults. Population-based studies on the associations of psychotropic drug use with mortality are sparse.<h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate the associations between the use of specific psychotropic drug groups (...

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Main Authors: Yong Du, Ingrid-Katharina Wolf, Markus A Busch, Hildtraud Knopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210695