Alcohol, wine, and vascular diseases: An abundance of paradoxes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Klatsky, Arthur L ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RED WINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FRANCE; HUMANS; VASCULAR DISEASES; WINE;

EID: 39149091040     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01387.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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