Alcohol consumption, medical conditions, and health behavior in older adults

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-248

  Satre, Derek D ^a,b   Gordon, Nancy P ^b   Weisner, Constance ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behavioral health risks; Ethnicity; Gender; Obesity; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249067896     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.3.2     Document Type: Article

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