Quantifying alcohol-related mortality: Should alcohol-related contributory causes of death be included?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-378

  Durkin, Aimee ^a   Connolly, Sheelah ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954305648     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq025     Document Type: Article

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