Review of moderate alcohol consumption and reduced risk of coronary heart disease: Is the effect due to beer, wine, or spirits?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7033, 1996, Pages 731-736

  Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Klatsky, Arthur ^c,d   Grobbee, Diederick ^b,e   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Dept of Epidemiology and Nutrition ^*

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINE;

EID: 0029876516     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7033.731     Document Type: Article

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