Medical stakes and prospects in alcohol use amongst the elderly;Enjeux et perspectives médicales de la consommation d'alcool chez la personne âgée

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 3, Issue 118, 2007, Pages 1673-1676

  Haaz, Sophie ^a   Gache, Pascal ^a  

^a HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALLING; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 34547101971     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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