Older adults' own reasoning for their alcohol consumption

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1169-1176

  Immonen, Sirpa ^a,b   Valvanne, Jaakko ^a   Pitkälä, Kaisu H ^b  

^a Social and Health Services   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

aged; alcohol use; reasons for drinking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80055006989     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2657     Document Type: Article

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