Alcohol Consumption, Heavy Drinking, and Mortality: Rethinking the J-Shaped Curve

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 471-478

  Plunk, Andrew D ^a   Syed Mohammed, Husham ^a   Cavazos Rehg, Patricia ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a   Grucza, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Related Mortality; Binge Drinking; Drinking Pattern; Moderate Drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL-RELATED MORTALITY; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING PATTERN; MODERATE DRINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893664208     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12250     Document Type: Article

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