Alcohol consumption in relation to 20-year COPD mortality and pulmonary function in middle-aged men from three European countries

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-245

  Tabak, Cora ^a,b,c,d   Smit, Henriette A ^a   Räsänen, Leena ^e   Fidanza, Flaminio ^f   Menotti, Alessandro ^a,g   Nissinen, Aulikki ^h,i   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Heederik, Dick ^b,c   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Erasmus University Rotterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁱ KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality; Gender; International comparisons; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035110398     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200103000-00018     Document Type: Article

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