Estimated alcohol-caused deaths in australia, 1990-97

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-129

  Heale, Penny ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya ^a   Jonas, Helen ^a   Stockwell, Timothy ^a   Dietze, Paul ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiological fractions; Alcohol; Australia; Mortality; Per capita alcohol consumption; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0036623387     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230220139019     Document Type: Article

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