Screening, Assessing and Intervening for Alcohol and Medication Misuse in Older Adults

Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 307-330

  Barry, Kristen Lawton ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374961-1.10012-0     Document Type: Chapter

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