A daily glass of red wine: Does it affect markers of inflammation?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-105

  Retterstol, Lars ^a   Berge, Knut Erik ^a   Braaten, Øivind ^a   Eikvar, Lars ^a   Pedersen, Terje R ^a   Sandvik, Leiv ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED WINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14844299386     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh132     Document Type: Article

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