Beverage-specific alcohol consumption and cirrhosis mortality in a group of English-speaking beer-drinking countries

Addiction

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-346

  Kerr, William C ^a   Fillmore, Kaye Middleton ^a   Marvy, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WINE;

EID: 0034065436     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2000.9533394.x     Document Type: Article

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