Incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in Danish men and women with a prolonged heavy alcohol intake

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1920-1924

  Hvidtfeldt, Ulla Arthur ^a   Frederiksen, Marie Engholm ^a   Thygesen, Lau Caspar ^a   Kamper Jørgensen, Mads ^b   Becker, Ulrik ^c   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebrovascular diseases; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249103184     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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