General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 99-101 , January 2010

Substance misuse among older patients in psychiatric emergency service

  • Benjamin K.P. Woo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 818 364 1555.
    • ,
  • Weilu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Received 27 May 2009 ,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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PII: S0163-8343(09)00146-7

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.08.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 99-101 , January 2010

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