Alcohol dependence and misuse in elderly suicides

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-254

  Waern, Margda ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE;

AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038294698     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg060     Document Type: Article

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