Alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 100-105

  Duffy, John C ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CAUSES OF DEATH--MEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EVALUATION METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CHICAGO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028907803     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.1.100     Document Type: Article

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