Excess in cardiovascular events on Mondays: Could atherosclerotic plaques be more vulnerable after the weekend because of alcohol related cytokine dysregulation?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 911-

  Čulić, Viktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; PERIODICITY;

EID: 25444484124     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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