The Emerging Problems of Alcohol and Substance Abuse in Late Life

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-239

  Kennedy, Gary J ^a   Efremova, Irina ^b   Frazier, Amy ^b   Saba, Abdo ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol abuse; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346551479     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021392004501     Document Type: Article

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