Heavy daily alcohol intake at the population level predicts the weight of alcohol in cirrhosis burden worldwide

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 998-1005

  Stein, Eva ^a   Cruz Lemini, Monica ^b   Altamirano, Jose ^b,c   Ndugga, Nambi ^a   Couper, David ^d   Abraldes, Juan G ^e   Bataller, Ramon ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

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

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cirrhosis mortality; Daily drinking; Drinking patterns; Global cirrhosis; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BEER; BINGE DRINKING; CANADA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES; WINE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84995532816     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.06.018     Document Type: Article

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