Alcohol-related deaths contribute to socioeconomic differentials in mortality in Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 254-262

  Hemström, Örjan ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol related mortality; Socioeconomic mortality differentials; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PANCREAS DISEASE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036912912     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/12.4.254     Document Type: Article

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