Alcohol intake and survival in the elderly: A 77 month follow-up in the Dubbo study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 662-670

  Simons, L A ^a,d   McCallum, J ^b   Friedlander, Y ^c   Simons, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol type; Cancer; Coronary disease; Elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 0029905182     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb02937.x     Document Type: Article

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