Types of substance misuse and risk factors.
This first in a two-part series on substance misuse among older people discusses the pattern of misuse in this group and outlines the different types of misusers. It also explores the risk factors for alcohol misuse and its effects, as well as other types of substance misuse.
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
G Hussein
GH
Rassool
D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology