Moderate alcohol use and mortality from ischaemic heart disease: A prospective study in older Chinese people

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Schooling, C Mary ^a   Wenjie, Sun ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Chan, Wai Man ^b   Tham, Mary Ked ^b   Ho, Kin Sang ^b   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The Goverment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48649100146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002370     Document Type: Article

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