Long live the Italians!

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-77

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Italy; Obesity prevalence; Temporal trends; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84920074148     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.11.015     Document Type: Letter

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