Different measures of alcohol consumption and risk of coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality: 11-Year follow-up of the Whitehall II Cohort Study

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Britton, Annie ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Coronary heart disease; Drinking patterns; Mortality; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORONARY DISEASE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0942301177     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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