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Friday, July 26, 2013

Alcohol related deaths in young women rising in three UK cities but causes unclear




Research from the Glasgow Centre for Population Health has shown that alcohol-related deaths in women born in the 1970's have risen sharply in Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool. The rise is much faster than in young men and goes against a national trend of stable alcohol-related deaths.
The research was recently published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health and has been widely reported in the press; see also an NHS choices review of the reporting and a comment piece on the Addaction blog > > > >   Read More