Prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and mortality in US male physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,b   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c   Gaziano, J Michael ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^b   Manson, Joann E ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842407858     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.1.79     Document Type: Article

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