Light to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with better cognitive function among older male veterans receiving primary care

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-105

  Reid, M C ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^b   Hawkins, Keith A ^b   Towle, Virginia ^b   Concato, John ^b   Guo, Zhenchao ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cognitive function; Male veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAS TEST; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOPKINS VERBAL LEARNING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMBOL DIGIT TEST; TRAIL MAKING PART B TEST; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAIL MAKING TEST; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33646558254     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988706286513     Document Type: Article

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