Stability in the drinking habits of older problem-drinkers recruited from nontreatment settings

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-177

  Walton, Maureen A ^a   Mudd, Sharon A ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b   Chermack, Stephen T ^c   Gomberg, Edith S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Dept Psychiat Behav Neurosci W ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Older adults; Outcome; Remission

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0034007605     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(99)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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