Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and mortality in the physicians' health study enrollment cohort

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-105

  Michael Gaziano, J ^a,c   Gaziano, Thomas A ^b,h   Glynn, Robert J ^c,f   Sesso, Howard D ^d   Ajani, Umed A ^e   Stampfer, Meir J ^f   Manson, Joann E ^f   Hennekens, Charles H ^g   Buring, Julie E ^d  

^a Division of Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033972357     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00531-8     Document Type: Article

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