Roles of drinking pattern and type of alcohol consumed in coronary heart disease in men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-118

  Mukamal, Kenneth J ^a   Conigrave, Katherine M ^b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c,d,e   Stampfer, Meir J ^c,d   Willett, Walter C ^c,d   Rimm, Eric B ^c,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BEVERAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET RECORDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037426745     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022095     Document Type: Article

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