Hazardous alcohol drinking and premature mortality in Russia: a population based case-control study

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Volumn 369, Issue 9578, 2007, Pages 2001-2009

  Leon, David A ^a   Saburova, Lyudmila ^b   Tomkins, Susannah ^a   Andreev, Evgueny ^c   Kiryanov, Nikolay ^d   McKee, Martin ^a   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^c  

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

^b Social Technologies Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d IZHEVSK STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WINE;

EID: 34250160215     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60941-6     Document Type: Article

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