The potential impact of the baby-boom generation on substance abuse among elderly persons

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1184-1188

  Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Jeste, Dilip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0032857274     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.50.9.1184     Document Type: Article

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