Mortality and life expectancy of people with alcohol use disorder in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 297-306

  Westman, Jeanette ^a,b   Wahlbeck, K ^b,c   Laursen, T M ^d   Gissler, M ^b,c   Nordentoft, M ^e   Hallgren J ^a   Arffman, M ^c   Osby U ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Epidemiology; Mortality; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924590103     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12330     Document Type: Article

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