US mortality from liver cirrhosis and alcoholic liver disease in 1999-2004: Regional and state variation in relation to per capita alcohol consumption

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-213

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol policies; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver cirrhosis related mortality; Per capita alcohol consumption; Population drinking and mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855482133     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.635462     Document Type: Article

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