Alcohol consumption and psychological distress in recently widowed older men

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 740-747

  Byrne, Gerard J A ^a   Raphael, Beverley ^a   Arnold, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Alcohol; Anxiety; Bereavement; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME; WIDOW;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0032877060     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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