Alcohol histories taken from elderly people on admission
- 22 January 1994
- Vol. 308 (6923) , 248
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.308.6923.248
Abstract
A systematic random one third sample was drawn from cohorts of consecutive elderly (>=65) people admitted to hospital with an acute medical condition over a six month period. Those who refused or were unable to give a history were excluded from the study.Keywords
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