Projections of alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales - Tragic toll or potential prize?

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9817, 2012, Pages 687-688

  Sheron, Nick ^a   Gilmore, Ian ^b   Parsons, Camille ^a   Hawkey, Chris ^c   Rhodes, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LAW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUICIDE; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84857648862     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60244-X     Document Type: Note

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