Per capita alcohol consumption and suicide mortality in a panel of US states from 1950 to 2002

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-480

  Kerr, William C ^a   Subbaraman, Meenakshi ^a   Ye, Yu ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Beer; Spirits; Suicide; Unemployment; Wine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052394111     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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