Problem drinking and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-109

  Peltzer, K ^a,b   Phaswana Mafuya, N ^a,c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Older adults; Prevalence; Risk factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BINGE DRINKING; COHABITATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84877666099     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i2.13     Document Type: Article

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