Influence of smoking and alcohol consumption on admissions and duration of hospitalization

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 376-382

  Hvidtfeldt, Ulla A ^a,b   Rasmussen, Søren ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^c   Tolstrup, Janne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; epidemiology; hospitalization; length of stay; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77955034941     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp153     Document Type: Article

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