Alcohol, mortality and cardiovascular events in a 35 year follow-up of a nationwide representative cohort of 50,000 swedish conscripts up to age 55

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 322-327

  Romelsjo A ^a   Allebeck, P ^a   Andreasson S ^a,b,c   Leifman, A ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860256139     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags021     Document Type: Article

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