American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 5 , Pages 593-597 , 1 September 2008

Alcohol Consumption and Heart Failure in Hypertensive US Male Physicians

  • Luc Djoussé, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617:525-7591; Fax: 617-525-7739
    • ,
  • J. Michael Gaziano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 28 January 2008 ,Revised 4 April 2008 ,Accepted 4 April 2008.

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 The Physicians' Health Study was supported by Grants No. CA-34944, CA-40360, and CA-097193 from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and Grants No. HL-26490 and HL-34595 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Djoussé is Principal Investigator on a K01 HL-70444 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0002-9149(08)00761-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.031

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 5 , Pages 593-597 , 1 September 2008

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