Trends in Alcohol Consumption Among Older Americans: National Health Interview Surveys, 1997 to 2014

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 976-986

  Breslow, Rosalind A ^a   Castle, I Jen P ^b   Chen, Chiung M ^b   Graubard, Barry I ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b CSR INCORPORATED   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Alcohol Consumption; Binge Drinking; Health Surveys; Trends

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016432943     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.13365     Document Type: Article

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