Changes in liver cirrhosis death rates in different countries in relation to per capita alcohol consumption and alcoholics anonymous membership

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-249

  Smart, Reginald G ^a   Mann, Robert E ^a   Suurvali, Helen ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031900643     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.245     Document Type: Article

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