From red wine to polyphenols and back: A journey through the history of the French Paradox

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-406

  de Lange, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPHENOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CORONARY RISK; EDITORIAL; FAT INTAKE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FRANCE; HEART PROTECTION; HISTORY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED WINE; SMOKING HABIT; WINE INDUSTRY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POLYMERS; THROMBOSIS; WINE;

EID: 33846480530     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2006.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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