American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 465-470 , March 2008

An exploratory prospective study of marijuana use and mortality following acute myocardial infarction

  • Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1309 Beacon Street, 2nd Floor, Brookline, MA 02446.
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  • Malcolm Maclure, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Heath, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • James E. Muller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Heath, Boston, MA
    • Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Received 7 August 2007 ,Accepted 23 October 2007.

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 This study was supported by grants R01HL41016 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD; R21AA014900 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD; and 9630115N from the American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, for the Onset Study.

PII: S0002-8703(07)01044-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.10.049

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 465-470 , March 2008

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