Relation of Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease in Hypertensive Male Physicians (from the Physicians' Health Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 932-935

  Britton, Kathryn A ^b,c   Gaziano, John Michael ^a,b,c   Sesso, Howard D ^a,b   Djoussé, Luc ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249084559     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.05.036     Document Type: Article

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