Alcohol and health: A drink a day won't keep the doctor away

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 945-953

  Lieber, Charles S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STROKE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WINE;

EID: 0345329537     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.11.945     Document Type: Review

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