Are older hazardous and harmful drinkers less likely to participate in health-related behaviors and practices as compared with nonhazardous drinkers?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-430

  Moore, Alison A ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^b   Harawa, Nina T ^b   Fielding, Jonathan E ^c   Higa, Jerilyn ^b   Beck, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Alcohol drinking; Health promotion; Preventive health services; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035037215     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49086.x     Document Type: Article

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