Amount and frequency of alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality in a Japanese population: The JMS cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Sadakane, Atsuko ^a   Gotoh, Tadao ^b   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Kayaba, Kazunori ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wara National Health Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cohort studies; Japan; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650757229     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20081003     Document Type: Article

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