Alcohol intake and subjective health

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 346-350

  Poikolainen, Kari ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Korhonen, Heikki J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; body mass index; gamma glutamyltransferase; health; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 0029743963     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008935     Document Type: Article

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