Is regular drinking in later life an indicator of good health? Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 764-770

  Holdsworth, Clare ^a   Mendonça, Marina ^a   Pikhart, Hynek ^b   Frisher, Martin ^a   de Oliveira, Cesar ^b   Shelton, Nicola ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DRINKING; HEALTH STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84957895382     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206949     Document Type: Article

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