Alcohol abuse and mortality: A 40-year prospective study of Norwegian conscripts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Rossow, Ingeborg ^a   Amundsen, Arvid ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TUMOR;

EID: 0031030213     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00161-X     Document Type: Article

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