A new paradigm for alcohol use in older persons

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-179

  Moore, Alison A ^a   Morton, Sally C ^b   Beck, John C ^e   Hays, Ron D ^a,b   Oishi, Sabine M ^c   Partridge, Jennifer M ^c   Genovese, Barbara J ^b   Fink, Arlene ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Arlene Fink Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UCLA Multicampus Prog Geriat G ^*

Author keywords

Aged; Alcohol; Delphi technique; Human; MeSH headings

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033069899     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199902000-00007     Document Type: Article

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