Complex association between alcohol consumption and myocardial infarction: Always good for a new paradox

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 383-386

  Kiechl, Stefan ^a   Willeit, Johann ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84905121971     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011036     Document Type: Review

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