Alcohol Use is a Key Factor in Recent Decreases in Life Expectancy in the United States

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁷ Department of International Health Projects, Institute for Leadership and Health Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.

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Jürgen Rehm. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;44(2):404-406.

doi: 10.1111/acer.14274. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Jürgen Rehm^{1

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¹ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁷ Department of International Health Projects, Institute for Leadership and Health Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.

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Keywords: Alcohol Use; Interaction; Premature Mortality; Socioeconomic Status; United States.

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Using Death Certificates to Explore Changes in Alcohol-Related Mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2017.
White AM, Castle IP, Hingson RW, Powell PA. White AM, et al. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Jan;44(1):178-187. doi: 10.1111/acer.14239. Epub 2020 Jan 7. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020. PMID: 31912524

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