Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: Results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7200, 1999, Pages 1725-1729

  Hart, Carole L ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a,c   Hole, David J ^a,b   Hawthorne, Victor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033606509     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1725     Document Type: Article

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