Late life alcohol use and gender differences among former soviet union immigrants

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Isralowitz, Richard ^a   Spiegel, Svetlana ^a   Reznik, Alex ^a   Borkin, Sofia ^b   Snir, Yoram ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Beit Yonah Nursing Home for the Elderly   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Elderly; Gender; Immigrants; Israel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; USSR; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; GUILT; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67849104582     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640902897156     Document Type: Article

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