TY - T1 - The association between alcohol drinking and self-reported mental and physical functioning : a prospective cohort study among City of Helsinki employees SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/198022 T3 - A1 - Salonsalmi, Aino; Rahkonen, Ossi; Lahelma, Eero; Laaksonen, Mikko A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Objectives Alcohol drinking is associated with ill health but less is known about its contribution to overall functioning. We aimed to examine whether alcohol drinking predicts self-reported mental and physical functioning 5-7 years later. Design A prospective cohort study. Setting Helsinki, Finland. Participants 40-year-old to 60-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki (5301 women and 1230 men) who participated in a postal survey in 2000-2002 and a follow-up survey in 2007. Primary and secon... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - QUALITY-OF-LIFE; GENERAL-POPULATION SURVEY; DISABILITY RETIREMENT; SICKNESS ABSENCE; HEALTH; CONSUMPTION; PATTERNS; MORTALITY; HEAVY; WOMEN; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -