Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 261-267 , June 2008

Risk drinking behavior among psychotropic drug users in an aging Finnish population: The FinDrink study

  • Jenni Ilomäki

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio 70211, Finland
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland. Tel.: +358-17-163735; fax: +358-17-162937.
    • ,
  • Maarit Jaana Korhonen

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio 70211, Finland
    • Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care (Gerho), Kuopio 70211, Finland
    • ,
  • Hannes Enlund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Kuopio 70211, Finland
    • ,
  • Abraham G. Hartzema

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
    • ,
  • Jussi Kauhanen

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio 70211, Finland

Received 30 October 2007 ,Revised 8 February 2008 ,Accepted 9 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.02.002

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