Increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s:

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Time of risk factor assessment is of special importance

Ulrich Ronellenfitsch (Ulrich.ronellenfitsch@urz.uni-heidelberg.de), doctoral student

University of Heidelberg, Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

EDITOR–Plavinski et al found that in two cohorts in St Petersburg mortality increased over the past decades in men without a university education but remained unchanged in those with one.1 In a subanalysis, mortality increased substantially over time in consumer groups with both high and low alcohol consumption …