Is there a relationship between excessive drinking and functional impairment in older persons?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-49

  Moore, Alison A ^a,c   Endo, Justin O ^b   Carter, M Kallin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alcohol drinking; Older

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037239368     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.51008.x     Document Type: Article

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