Heavy drinking occasions in relation to ischaemic heart disease mortality - An 11-22 year follow-up of the 1984 and 1995 US national alcohol surveys

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1401-1410

  Roerecke, Michael ^a,b   Greenfield, Thomas K ^c   Kerr, William C ^c   Bondy, Susan ^b   Cohen, Joanna ^a,b   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Binge drinking; Cohort study; Heavy episodic drinking; Ischaemic heart disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERANCE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755168322     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr129     Document Type: Article

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