Alcohol mortality in Russia: A historical perspective

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-26

  Stickley, A ^a   Razvodovsky, Y ^b   McKee, M ^c  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

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

Author keywords

Acute alcohol mortality; Alcohol surrogates; Drinking culture; Historical Russia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRINKING; HEALTH IMPACT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ALCOHOLISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RUSSIA;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 58849086206     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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