Alcohol and Liver Cirrhosis Mortality in the United States: Comparison of Methods for the Analyses of Time-Series Panel Data Models

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-115

  Ye, Yu ^a   Kerr, William C ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Cirrhosis; Mortality; Panel Data; Time Series

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WINE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650340948     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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