Alcohol consumption, life context, and coping predict mortality among late-middle-aged drinkers and former drinkers

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-319

  Mertens, Jennifer R ^a,b   Moos, Rudolf H ^a   Brennan, Penny L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; Coping; Life Stressors; Mortality; Older Adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0029870046     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01645.x     Document Type: Article

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