Alcohol consumption: An overview of benefits and risks

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 664-672

  Standridge, John B ^a,b   Zylstra, Robert G ^a   Adams, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b c/o UT Family Practice Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Benefit; Recommendations; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 3242703836     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200407000-00012     Document Type: Review

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