American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 5 , Pages 803-809 , November 2004

Alcohol intake is not associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis

  • Jeanne K. Tofferi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md, USA
    • ,
  • Allen J. Taylor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md, USA
    • ,
  • Irwin M. Feuerstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick G. O'Malley, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Patrick G. O'Malley, MD, MPH, Division of General Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC, 20307–5001, USA.

Received 10 October 2003 ,Accepted 9 May 2004.

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☆ The views expressed here are those of the authors only and are not to be construed as those of the Department of the Army or Department of Defense.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.05.023

American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 5 , Pages 803-809 , November 2004

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