The effect of prevalent cardiovascular conditions on the association between alcohol consumption and mortality among older Mexican American men

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  AlGhatrif, Majd ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^b   Kuo, Yong Fang ^b   Ray, Laura A ^b   Moore, Alison A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Older Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875796547     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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