Acute alcohol-related dysfunction as a predictor of employment status in a longitudinal study of working-age men in Izhevsk, Russia

To investigate longitudinally the effect of alcohol consumption and related acute alcohol-related dysfunction on employment status.



A total of 1143 men aged 25–55 years in regular paid employment and resident in the city of Izhevsk, Russia were interviewed between 2003–06 and then re-interviewed (2008–09) and their employment status ascertained.




Exposures of interest were baseline