The Alcohol-Related Problems Survey: Identifying hazardous and harmful drinking in older primary care patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1717-1722

  Fink, Arlene ^a,b,d   Morton, Sally C ^c   Beck, John C ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a,b   Spritzer, Karen ^a   Oishi, Sabine ^a   Moore, Alison A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcohol related disorders diagnosis; Older people; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036800628     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50467.x     Document Type: Article

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