Alcohol and mortality in middle-aged men from eastern france

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-188

  Renaud, Serge C ^a   Guéguen, René ^b   Schenker, Jean ^b   D'Houtaud, Alphonse ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cancer mortality; Cardiovascular mortality; Smoking; Total mortality; Wine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; WINE;

EID: 0345487505     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199803000-00014     Document Type: Article

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