Quantifying the global contribution of alcohol consumption to cardiomyopathy

Quantifying the global contribution of alcohol consumption to cardiomyopathy

Abstract Background The global impact of alcohol consumption on deaths due to cardiomyopathy (CM) has not been quantified to date, even though CM contains a subcategory for alcoholic CM with an effect of heavy drinking over time as the postulated underlying causal mechanism. In this feasibility stud...

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Main Authors: Jakob Manthey, Sameer Imtiaz, Maria Neufeld, Margaret Rylett, Jürgen Rehm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Subjects:
Cardiomyopathy
Population-attributable fraction
Mortality
Global burden of disease
Alcohol
Alcohol use disorder
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12963-017-0137-1

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