Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S8-S12 , May 2007

Alcohol Intake and Noncoronary Cardiovascular Diseases

  • Kenneth Mukamal, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kenneth Mukamal, MD, Division of General Medicine & Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Rose-114, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215. Tel.: (617) 667-8975; fax: (617) 667-2854.

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 Research related to this article has been funded entirely by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

PII: S1047-2797(07)00005-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.01.003

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S8-S12 , May 2007

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