Excess alcohol consumption and health outcomes: A 6-year follow-up of men over age 50 from the health and retirement study

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-310

  Perreira, Krista M ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Elderly; Health and retirement study (HRS); Men

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SMOKING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036194017     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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