Alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 495-501

  Rehm, Jürgen T ^a,b   Bondy, Susan J ^a,b   Sempos, Christopher T ^c   Vuong, Cuong V ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Coronary disease; Incidence; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030817683     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009303     Document Type: Article

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