Alcohol and cirrhosis: Dose-response or threshold effect?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Kamper Jørgensen, Mads ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Tolstrup, Janne ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cirrhosis; Epidemiology; Misuse; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3442896772     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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