Indicators of alcohol consumption and attributable harm for monitoring and surveillance in European Union countries

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 4-10

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Scafato, Emanuele ^d,e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e WHO CC for Health Promotion and Research on Alcohol and Alcohol related Health Problems   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Burden of disease; Consumption; European Union; Monitoring; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79951632034     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03323.x     Document Type: Article

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