Alcohol consumption and suicide among middle-aged men in Japan

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 188, Issue MAR., 2006, Pages 231-236

  Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,b   Iwasaki, Motoki ^c   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^d   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^c,d  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 33644749204     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.188.3.231     Document Type: Article

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