Geriatric patients on a substance abuse consultation service

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-342

  Weintraub, Eric ^a   Weintraub, Daniel ^b   Dixon, Lisa ^a   Delahanty, Janine ^a   Gandhi, Devang ^a   Cohen, Arthur ^a   Hirsch, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0036097254     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200205000-00014     Document Type: Article

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