Age-related aspects of addiction

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 540-544

  Koechl, Birgit ^a   Unger, Annemarie ^a   Fischer, Gabriele ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Addiction; Age; Alcohol; Gerontology; Prescribed medication; Substance abuse; Substance dependence; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; HYPNOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADDICTION; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84868516662     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339095     Document Type: Review

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