American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 6 , Pages 999-1004 , June 2004

Caffeinated coffee consumption and mortality after acute myocardial infarction

  • Kenneth J Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of General Medicine and Primary Care, Boston, Mass, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, RO-114, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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  • Malcolm Maclure, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass, USA
    • ,
  • James E Muller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA
    • ,
  • Jane B Sherwood, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Murray A Mittleman, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass, USA
    • Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA

Received 14 August 2003 ,Accepted 31 December 2003.

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☆ Supported by grants from the American Heart Association, Dallas, Tex (9630115N), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Md (K23AA00299) and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md (R01HL41016).

PII: S0002-8703(04)00060-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.12.038

American Heart Journal
Volume 147, Issue 6 , Pages 999-1004 , June 2004

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