A 32-year longitudinal study of alcohol consumption in Swedish women: Reduced risk of myocardial infarction but increased risk of cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 153-162

  Hange, Dominique ^a   Sigurdsson, Jóhann A ^b,c   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Sundh, Valter ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; diabetes mellitus; general practice; longitudinal studies; myocardial infarction; neoplasms; Sweden; women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BEER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84945134137     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2015.1067515     Document Type: Article

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