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Increase in alcohol related deaths: is hepatitis C a factor?
AIM To evaluate recent trends in alcohol related deaths in the UK and to consider possible causative factors. DESIGN Observational retrospective study of the database of the Office for National Statistics, alcohol consumption data reported by the General Household Survey, and other published data. SETTING England, 1993-9. RESULTS Deaths for each million of the population from alcohol rela...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.9.704