Why heart disease mortality is low in France: The time lag explanation

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7196, 1999, Pages 1471-1480

  Law, Malcolm ^a   Wald, Nicholas ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FRANCE; GARLIC; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; WINE;

EID: 0033614719     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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