Drug use and ageing: Older people do take drugs!

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-10

  Beynon, Caryl M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Population growth; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849130212     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn251     Document Type: Article

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