Trajectories of alcohol consumption among the elderly widowed population: A semi-parametric, group-based modeling approach

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 124-131

  Liew, Hui Peng ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Elderly; Group based modeling; PROC TRAJ; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053217302     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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