Alcoholism in the elderly

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 797-801

  Allen, James R ^a   Coble, Yank D ^a,b   Davis, Ronald M ^a,b   Head, C Alvin ^a,b   Howe III, John P ^a,b   Karlan, Mitchell S ^a,b   Kennedy, William R ^a,b   Numann, Patricia Joy ^a,b   Spillman, Monique A ^a,b   Skelton, W Douglas ^a,b   Steinhilber, Richard M ^a,b   Strong, Jack P ^a,b   Wagner, Henry N ^a,b   Loeb, Jerod M ^a   Rinaldi, Robert C ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; AGE; AGED; AGING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030581885     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.10.797     Document Type: Article

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