Older substance misusers still deserve better services - An update (Part 1)

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-133

  Crome, Ilana ^a   Bloor, Roger ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

AGED; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33746624392     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259806001778     Document Type: Review

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