Alcohol-Related Morbidity and Mortality

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-51

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Gmel, Gerhard ^d   Sempos, Christopher T ^e   Trevisan, Maurizio ^f  

^a Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute AODE; Alcoholic beverage; Amount of AOD use; AODR (alcohol and other drug related) mortality; Chronic AODE (alcohol and other drug effects); Epidemiological indicators; Heart disorder; Meal and meal time; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISABILITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEAL; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1542344933     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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