The influence of duration of follow-up on the association between alcohol and cause-specific mortality in a prospective cohort study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-55

  Nielsen, Naja Rod ^a   Thygesen, Lau Caspar ^a   Johansen, Ditte ^a   Jensen, Gorm ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholic Beverages; Mortality; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WINE;

EID: 9644270306     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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