Alcohol intake and mortality in middle aged men with diagnosed coronary heart disease

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 394-399

  Shaper, A G ^a   Wannamethee, S G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Coronary heart disease; Mortality risk; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034073939     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.4.394     Document Type: Article

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