title: Societal changes could also be to blame.
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive Diseases, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles 90095, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Kernochan
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Yee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology