Alcohol-consumption trajectories and associated characteristics among adults older than age 50

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Platt, Alyssa ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^a   Costanzo, Philip ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950815020     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.169     Document Type: Article

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