Substance abuse in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 985-995

  Fingerhood, M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brief intervention; Older people; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CIMETIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; DISULFIRAM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; ILLICIT DRUG; ISONIAZID; LITHIUM; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; SEDATIVE AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGING; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0033902998     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb06900.x     Document Type: Review

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