A descriptive study of elderly community-dwelling alcoholic patients in the rural South

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-228

  Holroyd, Suzanne ^a   Currie, Lillian ^a   Thompson Heisterman, Anita ^a   Abraham, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030995382     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199700530-00006     Document Type: Article

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