Alcohol habits in Swedish women: Observations from the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden 1968-1993

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 533-540

  Bengtsson, C ^a,d   Allebeck, P ^a   Lissner, L ^a   Bjorkelund C ^a   Hallstrom T ^b   Sigurdsson, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HABIT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; WINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0031752650     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/33.5.533     Document Type: Article

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