Severity of alcohol-related problems and mortality: Results from a 20-year prospective epidemiological community study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-302

  Fichter, Manfred M ^a,b   Quadflieg, Norbert ^a   Fischer, Uwe C ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Mortality; Prospective longitudinal community studies; Psychiatric epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960232198     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-010-0141-y     Document Type: Article

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