Cardioprotective effects of light-moderate consumption of alcohol: A review of putative mechanisms

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 409-415

  Agarwal, Dharam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APOLIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATHEROMA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CANCER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY RISK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036743044     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/37.5.409     Document Type: Review

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