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WHAT SHALL WE TELL OLDER PEOPLE ABOUT ALCOHOL ? Alcohol Problems in Older Adults : Prevention
There are varying attitudes about the use of alcohol between and within different societies. But from coffeefueled Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in church basements to lavish banquet halls of the Commanderie de Bordeaux, it is recognized that some people’s interactions with alcohol are benign, or even beneficial, whereas for others alcohol use only means degradation and even death. Many people ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Addiction
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0965-2140
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03854.x