Behaviour does not fully explain the high risk of chronic liver disease in less educated men in Hungary

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 662-666

  Petrovski, Beáta É ^a   Széles, György ^a   Melles, Márta ^b   Pataki, Vera ^c   Kardos, László ^a   Jenei, Tibor ^a   Ádány, Róza ^a,d   Vokó, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; chronic liver disease; cirrhosis; Hungary; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053558833     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq079     Document Type: Article

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