Alcohol Consumption Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural Veterans Affairs Outpatients

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-210

  Williams, Emily C ^a,b   Mcfarland, Lynne V ^a   Nelson, Karin M ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Health disparities; Health services research; Rural; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 84859217408     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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