Moderate alcohol consumption and the risk of sudden cardiac death among US male physicians

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 944-950

  Albert, Christine M ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,c   Cook, Nancy R ^a,c   Ajani, Umed A ^a   Gaziano, J Michael ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arrhythmia; Coronary disease; Death, sudden; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033621022     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.9.944     Document Type: Article

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