Associations of lifetime abstention and past and current alcohol use with late-life mental health: A propensity score analysis

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 245-251

  Marti, C Nathan ^a   Choi, Namkee G ^a   DiNitto, Diana M ^a   Choi, Bryan Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstention; Alcohol use; Anxiety disorder; MDE; Suicidal thoughts

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BINGE DRINKING; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926221712     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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