Ten-year patterns of alcohol consumption and drinking problems among older women and men

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 829-838

  Moos, Rudolf H ^a,b   Schutte, Kathleen ^a   Brennan, Penny ^a   Moos, Bernice S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Drinking problems; Gender differences; Help seeking; Life history

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3042786387     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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