Alcohol use disorders in the elderly

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-40

  Ross, Stephen ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DISULFIRAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NALTREXONE; ONDANSETRON; TOPIRAMATE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12944249219     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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