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  1. Division of Geriatrics, Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, 70211 , Kuopio, Finland

    Sirpa Hartikainen

  2. Municipal Hospitals of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

    Sirpa Hartikainen

  3. Research Department of the Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki, Finland

    Timo Klaukka

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Hartikainen, S., Klaukka, T. Use of psychotropics is high among very old people. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 59, 849–850 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-003-0702-3

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