Do consequences of a given pattern of drinking vary by socioeconomic status? a mortality and hospitalisation follow-up for alcohol-related causes of the Finnish Drinking Habits Surveys

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 728-733

  Makela P ^a,d   Paljarvi T ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 47549086298     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065672     Document Type: Article

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