Effects of moderate alcohol consumption on cognitive function in women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-253

  Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Jae, Hee Kang ^a   Chen, Jennifer ^a   Cherry, Rebecca ^c   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL TEST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 12144284532     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa041152     Document Type: Article

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