Alcohol limits in older people

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1541-1543

  Crome, Ilana ^a,b   Li, Ting Kai ^c   Rao, Rahul ^d,e   Wu, Li Tzy ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Binge drinking; Elderly; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84864751029     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03854.x     Document Type: Editorial

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