title: War and alcohol use.
abstract: In the USA from 1936 to 1970, the military participation rate predicted alcohol consumption. These two variables combined with unemployment rates to predict accurately suicide rates during this same period.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ 08012.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004243:Divorce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare