Alcohol consumption and cognitive performance in a random sample of Australian soldiers who served in the second world war

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7095, 1997, Pages 1655-1657

  Dent, O F ^a   Sulway, M R ^b   Broe, G A ^a   Creasey, H ^b   Kos, S C ^a   Fjorm, A ^b   Tennant, C ^a   Fairley, M J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; WAR;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATROPHY; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0030990721     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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