Diminishing trend in alcohol poisoning mortality in Estonia: Reality or coding peculiarity?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-489

  Rahu, Kaja ^a,b   Palo, Ene ^c   Rahu, Mati ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Marketing and Dissemination Department   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CLINICAL CODING; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ESTONIA; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

EID: 79959761425     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr046     Document Type: Article

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