Cause-specific mortality risk in alcohol use disorder treatment patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Michael Roerecke,
J. Rehm
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyu018
Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol use disorder , population , relative risk , meta analysis , cohort study , observational study , systematic review , medline , confidence interval , environmental health , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , political science , law
Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are highly disabling. Recent studies reported much higher relative risks for all-cause mortality in AUD patients compared with earlier studies. Systematic evidence regarding cause-specific mortality among AUD patients has been unavailable to date.
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