Erends of liver cirrhosis mortality in europe, 1970-1989: Age-period-cohort analysis and changing alcohol consumption

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-109

  Corrao, Giovanni ^a   Ferrari, Pietro ^a   Zambon, Antonella ^a   Torchio, Pierfederico ^a   Aricò, Sarino ^b   Decarli, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age effect; Alcohol consumption; Cohort effect; Liver cirrhosis; Mortality; Period effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WESTERN EUROPE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BEHAVIOR; CAUSES OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY--CHANGES; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; CAUSES OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY--CHANGES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STUDIES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030611028     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.100     Document Type: Article

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