The alcohol hangover - A puzzling phenomenon

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-126

  Verster, Joris C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANXIETY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEHYDRATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HANGOVER; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MOOD CHANGE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP TIME; SWEATING; XEROSTOMIA;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; DEHYDRATION; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 41749108001     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm163     Document Type: Review

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