Late-life alcohol consumption and 20-year mortality

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1961-1971

  Holahan, Charles J ^a   Schutte, Kathleen K ^b   Brennan, Penny L ^b   Holahan, Carole K ^a   Moos, Bernice S ^b,c   Moos, Rudolf H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol consumption; Mortality; Problem drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRIENDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 78049288576     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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