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Alcohol abuse in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

J Seymour  and
JP Wattis
J Seymour*
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
JP Wattis
Affiliation:
St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
*
Dr J Seymour, Consultant Psychiatrist for Elderly People, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 141 - 150
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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