Alcohol Consumption by Aging Adults in the United States: Health Benefits and Detriments

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1668-1676

  Ferreira, Maria Pontes ^a   Weems, M K Suzy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DEMENTIA; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DEMENTIA; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 52149087015     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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