A prospective study of the health effects of alcohol consumption in middle-aged and elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program

Circulation

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 651-659

  Goldberg, Robert J ^d   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^b,c,e   Reed, Dwayne M ^b,c   Wergowske, Gilbert ^a   Chiu, Darryl ^a  

^a Honolulu Heart Program   (United States)

^b National Heart Lung and Blood Institute   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

age; alcohol; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028055184     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.89.2.651     Document Type: Article

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