An overview of health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Damström Thakker, Kerstin ^a  

^a Ctr for Alcohol and Drug Prevention   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Health Benefits; Health Risks; Overview; Risk Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0345596418     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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