Increasing socioeconomic inequalities in male cirrhosis of the liver mortality: Australia 1981 - 2002

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-278

  Najman, Jake M ^a   Williams, Gail M ^a   Room, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Changes over time; Increasing inequalities; Liver cirrhosis; Mortality; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34147139079     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701247699     Document Type: Article

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