Living alone and alcohol-related mortality: A population-based cohort study from Finland

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Herttua, Kimmo ^a,b   Martikainen, Pekka ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,c   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL RELATED MORTALITY; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVING ALONE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIOLENCE; AGE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053304052     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001094     Document Type: Article

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