The positive relationship between alcohol and heart disease in eastern Europe: Potential physiological mechanisms

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 402-407

  McKee, Martin ^a   Britton, Annie ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EASTERN EUROPE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOSIS; USSR;

EID: 0031683697     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689809100802     Document Type: Article

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