Reduction of alcohol consumption and subsequent mortality in alcohol use disorders: Systematic review and meta-analyses

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Roerecke, Michael ^a,b   Gual, Antoni ^d   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Institute of Medical Science   (United States)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84891413272     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.13r08379     Document Type: Article

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