Mortality and light to moderate alcohol consumption after myocardial infarction

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9144, 1998, Pages 1882-1885

  Muntwyler, Jorg ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b   Buring, Julle E ^a,b   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032512310     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06351-X     Document Type: Article

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