Alcohol and the elderly: Special concerns for counseling professionals

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 59-69

  Stoddard, Chad E ^a   Thompson, Dan L ^b  

^a NEA Women s Recovery Center   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030474227     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J020V14N04_04     Document Type: Article

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