Alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking among community-dwelling older Australian men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-192

  Ilomäki, Jenni ^a   Gnjidic, Danijela ^b,c   Le Couteur, David G ^b,c   Bell, J Simon ^a   Blyth, Fiona M ^b,c   Handelsman, David J ^b,c   Cumming, Robert G ^c,d   Seibel, Markus J ^b,c   Waite, Louise M ^c   Naganathan, Vasi ^c   Hilmer, Sarah N ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Alcohol drinking; Binge drinking; Men; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; BINGE DRINKING; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; BINGE DRINKING; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84927690651     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12048     Document Type: Article

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