Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths and years of potential life lost in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-648

  Nelson, David E ^a   Jarman, Dwayne W ^b,c   Rehm, Jürgen ^d   Greenfield, Thomas K ^e   Rey, Grégoire ^f   Kerr, William C ^e   Miller, Paige ^a   Shield, Kevin D ^d   Ye, Yu ^e   Naimi, Timothy S ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875171989     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301199     Document Type: Article

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