Alcohol consumption and health among elders

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 622-636

  Balsa, Ana I ^b,c   Homer, Jenny F ^b   Fleming, Michael F ^d   French, Michael T ^a,b,e  

^a Health Economics Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Health benefits; Health care utilization; Selection bias; Self perceived health status

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 57149114328     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.5.622     Document Type: Article

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