Beer binging and mortality: Results from the Kuopio ischaemic heart disease risk factor study, a prospective population based study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7112, 1997, Pages 846-851

  Kauhanen, Jussi ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b   Goldberg, Debbie E ^c   Salonen, Jukka T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030931854     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7112.846     Document Type: Article

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