The effect of alcohol intake on cardiovascular disease and mortality disappeared after taking lifetime drinking and covariates into account

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 645-651

  Friesema, Ingrid H M ^a,b   Zwietering, Paul J ^b   Veenstra, Marja Y ^c   Knottnerus, J André ^b   Garretsen, Henk F L ^c,d   Kester, Arnold D M ^b   Lemmens, Paul H H M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cohort Studies; Netherlands; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41149108710     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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