Alcohol and cardiovascular mortality in Moscow: New evidence of a causal association

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 772-774

  Chenet, Laurent ^a   McKee, Martin ^a   Leon, David ^a   Shkolnikov, Vladimir ^b   Vassin, Sergei ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC FORECASTING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LIPID;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; SUDDEN DEATH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031725394     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.12.772     Document Type: Article

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