Alcohol and risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter: A cohort study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1993-1998

  Frost, Lars ^a   Vestergaard, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 6344289586     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.18.1993     Document Type: Article

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