Harmful alcohol habits were no more common in a sample of newly sick-listed Swedish women and men compared with a random population sample

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-477

  Hensing, G ^a   Holmgren, K ^a   Mardby A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959690467     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr033     Document Type: Article

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