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Alcohol and old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Henry O'Connell
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Ai-Vyrn Chin
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Brian Lawlor
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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