Is the association between alcohol use and coronary artery disease causal? Evidence from a long-term twin study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TWINS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MORTALITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84937421937     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.114348     Document Type: Editorial

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