CAGE unsound for alcohol misuse in seniors

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-435

  Malet, Laurent ^a   Brousse, Georges ^a   Llorca, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649307014     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2244     Document Type: Letter

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