Prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and risk of peripheral arterial disease in US male physicians

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 577-580

  Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,d,f,g   Stampfer, Meir J ^b,f   Glynn, Robert J ^a,f   Michael Gaziano, J ^a,c,d   Manson, Joann E ^a,b   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^c   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,e,f  

^a Division of Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; claudication; follow up studies; peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 16944366765     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.3.577     Document Type: Article

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