Premature cardiovascular mortality and alcohol consumption before death in arkhangelsk, Russia: An analysis of a consecutive series of forensic autopsies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1519-1529

  Sidorenkov, Oleg ^a   Nilssen, Odd ^a   Nieboer, Evert ^a,b   Kleshchinov, Nikolay ^c   Grjibovski, Andrej M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Arkhangelsk Region   (Russian Federation)

^d NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular mortality; Coronary heart disease; Pre mortem alcohol consumption; Russia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREMATURE CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; RUSSIA; SEX FACTORS;

ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 83455162629     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr145     Document Type: Article

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