Alcohol consumption, alcohol-induced flushing and incidence of acute myocardial infarction among middle-aged men in Japan-Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 512-516

  Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Kita, Yoshikuni ^b   Iso, Hiroyasu ^c   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Okada, Katsutoshi ^d   Konishi, Masafumi ^d   Inoue, Manami ^e   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^e  

^a KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c University of Tsukuba   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cohort study; Coronary Disease; Epidemiology; Flushing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY HISTORY; FLUSHING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FLUSHING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34848835078     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.01.030     Document Type: Letter

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