Joint association of alcohol and folate intake with risk of major chronic disease in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 760-771

  Jiang, Rui ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic disease; Effect modifiers (epidemiology); Folic acid; Neoplasms; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141963215     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg221     Document Type: Article

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