Epidemiology of alcohol and drug use in the elderly

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-348

  Wang, Yuan Pang ^a   Andrade, Laura Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol related disorders; cohort effect; drug related disorders; elderly; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BABY BOOMER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; EUROPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879927443     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328360eafd     Document Type: Review

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