Predictors of injury-related and non-injury-related mortality among veterans with alcohol use disorders

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1759-1766

  Fudalej, Sylwia ^a,b   Bohnert, Amy ^b,c   Austin, Karen ^c   Barry, Kristen ^b,c   Blow, Frederic ^b,c   Ilgen, Mark ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; cohort study; injury related mortality; non injury related mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956766231     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03024.x     Document Type: Article

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