Socioeconomic differences in alcohol-attributable mortality compared with all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Charlotte Probst,
Michael Roerecke,
Silke Behrendt,
Jürgen 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/dyu043
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , meta analysis , medicine , demography , relative risk , confidence interval , attributable risk , operationalization , environmental health , population , sociology , philosophy , epistemology
Factors underlying socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are not well understood. This study contributes to our understanding of potential pathways to result in socioeconomic inequalities, by examining alcohol consumption as one potential explanation via comparing socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol-attributable mortality and all-cause mortality.
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