Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 5 , Pages 312-319 , July 2001

Drinking Pattern and Mortality: The Italian Risk Factor and Life Expectancy Pooling Project

  • Maurizio Trevisan, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Maurizio Trevisan, M.D., M.S., Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, 270 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214. Tel: (716) 829-2975; Fax: (716) 829-2979.
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  • Enrique Schisterman, PhD
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  • Alessandro Mennotti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associazione per la Ricerca Cardiologica, CARDIORICERCA, Rome, Italy
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  • Gino Farchi, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Rome, Italy
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  • Susanna Conti, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Rome, Italy
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  • the RISK FACTOR AND LIFE EXPECTANCY RESEARCH GROUP

      Affiliations

Received 24 May 1999 ,Revised 18 May 2000 ,Accepted 6 July 2000.

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Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 5 , Pages 312-319 , July 2001

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