Deaths from cirrhosis in Poland and Hungary: The impact of different alcohol policies during the 1980s

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Varvasovsky, Zsuzsa ^a,b   Bain, Chris ^c   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030967054     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.2.167     Document Type: Article

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