Alcohol-related and hepatocellular cancer deaths by country of birth in England and Wales: Analysis of mortality and census data

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-257

  Bhala, Neeraj ^a,b   Bhopal, Raj ^c   Brock, Anita ^d   Griffiths, Clare ^d   Wild, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Liver cancer; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CENSUSES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849116111     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp014     Document Type: Article

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