Annals of epidemiology
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Annals of epidemiology · Apr 1998
Comparative StudyAssociation of alcohol consumption to morality in middle-aged U.S. and Russian men and women.
The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationships of alcohol consumption to total and cardiovascular disease mortality in U.S. and Russian men and women after adjustment for several covariates. A secondary objective is to determine how this relationship varies by country and gender. ⋯ Beneficial association of alcohol consumption and mortality may be limited depending upon the prevalence of other risk factors in the studied population.