Lifelong teetotallers, ex-drinkers and drinkers: Mortality and the incidence of major coronary heart disease events in middle-aged British men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-531

  Wannamethee, S Goya ^a   Shaper, A Gerald ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Teetotallers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CAUSES OF DEATH--MEN; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; EUROPE; HEART DISEASES; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0030919679     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.523     Document Type: Article

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