Alcohol intake and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-357

  Sesso, Howard D ^a,b   Michael Gaziano, J ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032815175     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-199905000-00013     Document Type: Review

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