Absinthe: What's your poison?: Though absinthe is intriguing, it is alcohol in general we should worry about

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7225, 1999, Pages 1590-1592

  Strang, John ^a   Arnold, Wilfred N ^b   Peters, Timothy ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ALCOHOL;

ABSINTHE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONVULSION; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSINTHE; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; SEIZURES; TERPENES;

EID: 0033604739     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1590     Document Type: Editorial

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