Area of residence and alcohol-related mortality risk: A five-year follow-up study

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-92

  Connolly, Sheelah ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   Rosato, Michael ^a   Cardwell, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol related mortality; Composition; Context; Deprivation; Longitudinal analysis; Northern Ireland; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUTOMOBILES; CENSUSES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 78649987716     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03103.x     Document Type: Article

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