Case-control study of the association between kava use and ischaemic heart disease in Aboriginal communities in eastern Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) Australia

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-141

  Clough, A R ^a,c   Wang, Z ^a   Bailie, R S ^b   Burns, C B ^a   Currie, B J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; GASOLINE; KAVA EXTRACT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ABORIGINE; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; KAVA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1642521010     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.58.2.140     Document Type: Article

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