Alcohol and hypertension: An old relationship revisited

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-4

  Tomson, Joseph ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATENOLOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LOSARTAN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SALT INTAKE; STROKE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 30744462812     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh223     Document Type: Editorial

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