The health benefits of moderate drinking revisited: Alcohol use and self-reported health status

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 484-491

  French, Michael T ^a,b   Zavala, Silvana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Data interpretation; Health status; Health surveys; National center for health statistics; Prevention research

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447542901     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-21.6.484     Document Type: Article

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