Alcohol consumption and mortality and hospital admissions in men from the Midspan Collaborative cohort study

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1979-1986

  Hart, Carole L ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Hospital admissions; Mortality; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649083352     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02373.x     Document Type: Article

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