Are the recent trends in liver cirrhosis mortality affected by the changes in alcohol consumption? Analysis of latency period in European countries

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 486-494

  Corrao, Giovanni ^a   Ferrari, Pietro ^a   Zambon, Antonella ^a   Torchio, Pierfederico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 0030879022     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.486     Document Type: Article

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