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Alcohol abuse among older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Lawrence Schonfeld  and
Larry W Dupree
Lawrence Schonfeld*
Affiliation:
Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Larry W Dupree
Affiliation:
Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
*
Lawrence Schonfeld, Department of Aging and Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , August 1994 , pp. 217 - 225
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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