A Prospective Study of Moderate Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Coronary Disease and Stroke in Women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 267-273

  Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0023785802     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198808043190503     Document Type: Article

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