Alcohol problems and all-cause mortality in men and women: Predictive capacity of a clinical screening tool in a 21-year follow-up of a large, UK-wide, general population-based survey

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-321

  Batty, G David ^a,b   Hunt, Kate ^a   Emslie, Carol ^a   Lewars, Heather ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; All cause mortality; Predictive capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 62149127001     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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