Alcohol attributable mortality in a high per capita consumption country - Germany

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 581-585

  John, Ulrich ^a   Hanke, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0036854755     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/37.6.581     Document Type: Article

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