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Editorial
. 2023 Feb;14(1):5-7.
doi: 10.1007/s41999-022-00718-1.

"Always on vacation": alcohol has become a geriatric problem

Kaisu H Pitkälä  1 , Sirpa Immonen  2 , Hanna Öhman  3
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Editorial

"Always on vacation": alcohol has become a geriatric problem

Kaisu H Pitkälä et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2023 Feb.
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