Smoking, hypertension, alcohol consumption, and risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm in men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 838-845

  Wong, Daniel R ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Rimm, Eric B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Aorta; Aortic aneurysm; Ethanol; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; MENS HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947211169     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk063     Document Type: Article

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