Adjusting for unrecorded consumption in survey and per capita sales data: Quantification of impact on gender- and age-specific alcohol-attributable fractions for oral and pharyngeal cancers in Great Britain

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-249

  Meier, Petra Sylvia ^a   Meng, Yang ^a   Holmes, John ^a   Baumberg, Ben ^b   Purshouse, Robin ^c   Hill McManus, Daniel ^a   Brennan, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEER; CAPITAL; CHILD; CIDER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOURISM; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHILD; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874025738     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt001     Document Type: Article

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