Alcohol consumption and suicide mortality among Japanese men: the Ohsaki Study

Alcohol

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 503-510

  Nakaya, Naoki ^a   Kikuchi, Nobutaka ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a   Ohmori, Kaori ^a   Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Sone, Toshimasa ^a   Awata, Shuichi ^a,b   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Japanese; Men; Mortality; Prospective cohort study; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 35549000575     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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