Geriatric alcohol abuse: A national epidemic

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 152-154

  Knauer, Christina ^a  

^a SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0038387950     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mgn.2003.39     Document Type: Article

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