Alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use in older U.S. adults: Data from the 2001/02 national epidemiologic survey of alcohol and related conditions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2275-2281

  Moore, Alison A ^a   Karno, Mitchell P ^a   Grella, Christine E ^a   Lin, James C ^b   Warda, Umme ^a   Liao, Diana H ^a   Hu, Peifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Nonmedical drugs; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 71549126836     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02554.x     Document Type: Article

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