Thursday, January 30, 2014

Large study confirms vodka as major cause of the extraordinarily high risk of early death in Russian men

The high and sharply fluctuating death rates in Russia are due mainly to alcohol, particularly vodka, a new prospective study of 151,000 adults confirms.

Currently, 25% of all Russian men die before the age of 55 years, compared with only 7% of UK men. Alcohol and tobacco account for most of…

Large study confirms vodka as major cause of the extraordinarily high risk of early death in Russian men




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