Alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality among elderly in Finland

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 212-218

  Halme, Jukka T ^a   Seppä, Kaija ^b,c   Alho, Hannu ^a,d   Poikolainen, Kari ^a,f   Pirkola, Sami ^e   Aalto, Mauri ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Elderly; Heavy drinking; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 73549120418     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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