Alcohol consumption, alcohol dependence, and related mortality in Italy in 2004: Effects of treatment-based interventions on alcohol dependence

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shield, Kevin D ^a,b   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d   Gmel, Gerrit ^b,e   Rehm, Maximilien X ^f   Allamani, Allaman ^g  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Regional Health Agency of Tuscany   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol dependence treatment; Burden of disease; Europe; Heavy drinking; Italy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879439689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-8-21     Document Type: Article

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