Alcohol consumption, stroke and public health - An overlooked relation?

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1679-1681

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d   Taylor, Benjamin ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33845464609     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01678.x     Document Type: Editorial

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