Prevalence and socio-economic distribution of hazardous patterns of alcohol drinking: Study of alcohol consumption in men aged 25-54 years in Izhevsk, Russia

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 544-553

  Tomkins, S ^a   Saburova, L ^b   Kiryanov, N ^c   Andreev, E ^d   McKee, M ^a   Shkolnikov, V ^e   Leon, D A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Technologies Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c IZHEVSK STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hazardous drinking; Premature mortality; Russia; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947104139     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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