Alcohol use among older adults

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-68

  St John, Philip D ^a   Snow, Wanda M ^a   Tyas, Suzanne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

alcohol use; older people

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DISULFIRAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; NALTREXONE; THIAMINE;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE HEPATITIS; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL REHABILITATION PROGRAM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; CASE FINDING; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FALLING; FAMILY HISTORY; FATTY LIVER; FRACTURE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GRIEF; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MARRIAGE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENESCENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

EID: 77957331049     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259810000031     Document Type: Review

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