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The Effect of Alcohol Abuse on the Health Status of Older Adults Seen in the Emergency Department

Peter D. Friedmann Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.; Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI, 02903, U.S.A.
, M.D., M.P.H.,
Lei Jin Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, M.A.,
Theodore Karrison Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, Ph.D.,
Michael Nerney Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, B.A.,
Deon Cox Hayley Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, D.O.,
Robert Mulliken Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
James Walter Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Annette Miller Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, R.N. &
Marshall H. Chin Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
, M.D., M.P.H. show all
Pages 529-542 | Published online: 17 Aug 1999

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