Russia-specific relative risks and their effects on the estimated alcohol-attributable burden of disease

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shield, Kevin D ^a,b,c   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b CAMH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Burden of disease; Eastern Europe; Population attributable fraction; Relative risk; Risk factor; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933555656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1818-y     Document Type: Article

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