Alcohol and Medication Use Among Elderly Community-dwelling Brazilians

Background: Alcohol consumption among the elderly remains understudied, but alcohol interaction with the great amount of medicines taken by this age group could be a serious health problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate alcohol consumption and medicines used by an elderly sample from Pindamo...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Veríssimo Costa e Silva, Mateus Bertolini Fernandes dos Santos, Leonardo Marchini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2014-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959814000623