Changes in alcohol intake and risk of coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality in the MONICA/KORA-Augsburg cohort 1987-97

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-55

  Wellmann, JãƒÂ¼rgen ^a   Heidrich, Jan ^a   Berger, Klaus ^a   DãƒÂ¶ring, Angela ^b   Heuschmann, Peter U ^a   Keil, Ulrich ^a  

^a University of Mã Â nster   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

alcohol; all cause mortality; bias; coronary heart disease; misclassification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

EID: 1642310997     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000118174.70522.20     Document Type: Article

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