Alcohol abuse: Medical effects of heavy drinking in late life

Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 30-37

  Gambert, Steven R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMPOTENCE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031392728     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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