The association between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality in a cohort of male employees in the German construction industry

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Arndt, Volker ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Schuberth, Stephan ^b   Fraisse, Eckart ^c   Fliedner, Theodor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Occupational Health Service   (Germany)

^c Vocational Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING--MEN; BEHAVIOR; CAUSES OF DEATH--MEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; GERMANY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030972947     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.85     Document Type: Article

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