Socioeconomic determinants of risk of harmful alcohol drinking among people aged 50 or over in England

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Iparraguirre, José ^a  

^a AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCED PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETIREMENT; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SMOKING; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIET; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941309306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007684     Document Type: Article

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