Mortality associated with moderate intakes of wine, beer, or spirits

BMJ

Volumn 310, Issue 6988, 1995, Pages 1165-

  Gronbaek, Morten ^a   Deis, Allan ^b   Sorensen, Thorkild I A ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^c   Schnohr, Peter ^d   Jensen, Gorm ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Danish Committee for the Assessment of Substandard Lives ^*  (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY MASS; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING HABIT; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WINE;

EID: 0029001988     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6988.1165     Document Type: Article

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