Has mortality related to alcohol decreased in Sweden?
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Has mortality related to alcohol decreased in Sweden?
In Sweden sales of alcohol dropped 17% from 1976 to 1982. Similarly, comparison of data from 1979 and 1982 shows that the mortality from cirrhosis of the liver declined appreciably, by 28% in men and 29% in women. During 1979-82 mortality from pancreatitis also declined noticeably, by 30% in men and 36% in women. By contrast, no decrease occurred in mortality from alcoholic psychosis, alcoholis...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6489.167