Alcohol consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation in men and women: The Copenhagen City Heart Study

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1736-1742

  Mukamal, Kenneth J ^a   Tolstrup, Janne S ^b   Friberg, Jens ^c   Jensen, Gorm ^d   Grønbæk, Morten ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arrhythmia; Epidemiology; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25444432002     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.547844     Document Type: Article

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