Cannabis, Tobacco, Alcohol Use, and the Risk of Early Stroke: A Population-Based Cohort Study of 45 000 Swedish Men

Stroke

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 265-270

  Falkstedt, Daniel ^a   Wolff, Valerie ^b   Allebeck, Peter ^a,c   Hemmingsson, Tomas ^a,d   Danielsson, Anna Karin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescent; cannabis; diet; stroke

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANNABIS USE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SERVICE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWEDISH CITIZEN; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANNABIS SMOKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANNABIS; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; SWEDEN; TOBACCO;

EID: 85007424215     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015565     Document Type: Article

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