Is the relationship between type of alcohol and mortality influenced by socio-economic status?

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-288

  Nielsen, N R ^a   Schnohr, P ^b   Jensen, G ^b   Gronbaek M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Confounding factors; Mortality; Prospective study; Social class

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATIFICATION; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; WINE;

EID: 1242272833     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2003.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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