Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 598-608 , October 2007

High intake of alcohol is associated with newly diagnosed diabetes in 60 years old men and women

  • P.E. Wändell

      Affiliations

    • Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Alfred Nobels allé 12, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 8 52488717; fax: +46 8 52488706.
    • ,
  • U. de Faire

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Cardiovascular Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • M.-L. Hellénius

      Affiliations

    • Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Alfred Nobels allé 12, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden

Received 16 February 2006 ,Revised 20 April 2006 ,Accepted 16 May 2006.

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Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 598-608 , October 2007

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