Epidemiology and alcohol policy in Europe

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Zatonksi, Witold ^d   Taylor, Ben ^c   Anderson, Peter ^e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^e Public Health Consultant   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol; Attributable risk; Inequalities; Injuries; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLICY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMMERCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951592045     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03326.x     Document Type: Article

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