The cardioprotective association of average alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1246-1260

  Roerecke, Michael ^a,b   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcoholic beverages; Case control studies; Cohort studies; Coronary artery disease; Coronary disease; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84861934702     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03780.x     Document Type: Review

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