Are there gender differences in the geography of alcohol-related mortality in Scotland? An ecological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Emslie, Carol ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b  

^a MRC Social   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849112299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-58     Document Type: Article

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