Alcohol use and mortality in older men and women

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1391-1400

  McCaul, Kieran A ^a,b   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,c,d   Hankey, Graeme J ^d   Jamrozik, Konrad ^e   Byles, Julie E ^f   Flicker, Leon ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; alcohol consumption; cause of death; cohort studies; drinking patterns; gender differences; mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954480445     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02972.x     Document Type: Article

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