Alcohol consumption at midlife and successful ageing in women: A prospective cohort analysis in the nurses' health study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Qi ^a,b   Townsend, Mary K ^b   Okereke, Olivia I ^a,b   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDLIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053315995     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001090     Document Type: Article

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