Does drinking pattern modify the effect of alcohol on the risk of coronary heart disease? Evidence from a meta-analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 615-619

  Bagnardi, V ^a,b   Zatonski, ^c   Scotti, L ^a,d   La Vecchia, C ^d,e   Corrao, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRINKING; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 46949090199     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065607     Document Type: Article

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