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Replacement of Benzodiazepines with ‘Old-Fashioned’ Hypnotics

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  1. Center for the Study of Sleep and Waking, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA

    Wallace B. Mendelson

  2. Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, MI 48202-2691, USA

    Timothy A. Roehrs &  Thomas Roth

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Mendelson, W.B., Roehrs, T.A. & Roth, T. Replacement of Benzodiazepines with ‘Old-Fashioned’ Hypnotics. Drug-Safety 9, 149–150 (1993). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-199309030-00001

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