Fibrinogen: A possible link between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 887-892

  Mennen, Louise I ^a   Balkau, Beverley ^a   Vol, Sylviane ^b   Cacès, Emile ^b   Eschwège, Evelyn ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b IRSA   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Epidemiology; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0032943150     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.4.887     Document Type: Article

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