The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 695-701 , August 2008

Secular Trends in Alcohol Consumption over 50 Years: The Framingham Study

  • Yuqing Zhang, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass
    • Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Yuqing Zhang, DSc, Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Room A203, Boston, MA 02118.
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  • Xinxin Guo, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass
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  • Richard Saitz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass
    • Department of Epidemiology and Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Mass
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  • Daniel Levy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass
    • NHLBI Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass.
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  • Emily Sartini, MA

      Affiliations

    • NHLBI Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass.
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  • Jingbo Niu, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass
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  • R. Curtis Ellison, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Mass

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 These analyses were supported by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (R01 AA013304). The Framingham Heart Study is funded through NHLBI Contract N01-HC-25195.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00263-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.03.013

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 695-701 , August 2008

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