Alcohol and the heart

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 457-460

  Cowie, Martin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY DISEASE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 0031557819     PISSN: 00071064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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