Impact of alcohol intake on total mortality and mortality from major causes in Japan: A pooled analysis of six large-scale cohort studies

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 448-456

  Inoue, Manami ^a   Nagata, Chisato ^b   Tsuji, Ichiro ^c   Sugawara, Yumi ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^d   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^e   Matsuo, Keitaro ^f   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^g   Tanaka, Keitaro ^h   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LINEARITY; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

EID: 84856963355     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.121830     Document Type: Article

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