Alcoholism in the elderly

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1710-1716

  Rigler, Sally K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE; WARFARIN;

AGING; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; FALLING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENESCENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034654220     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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