Cocaine abuse in the elderly: A series of three case reports

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 562-565

  Kausch, Otto ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRACK COCAINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036693981     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200208000-00014     Document Type: Article

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