Alcohol use disorder is a risk factor for mortality among older public housing residents

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-327

  Black, Betty Smith ^a,b   Rabins, Peter V ^a   Mcguire, Marsden H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; PREDICTION; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031681207     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610298005407     Document Type: Article

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