Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: Longitudinal cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 357, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Topiwala, Anya ^a   Allan, Charlotte L ^a   Valkanova, Vyara ^a   Zsoldos, Eniko ^a   Filippini, Nicola ^a   Sexton, Claire ^b   Mahmood, Abda ^a   Fooks, Peggy ^c   Singh Manoux, Archana ^d   Mackay, Clare E ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^d   Ebmeier, Klaus P ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020481696     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2353     Document Type: Article

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