One-per-occasion or less: Are moderate-drinking postmenopausal women really healthier than their nondrinking and heavier-drinking peers?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1670-1680

  Tivis, Laura J ^a   Tivis, Rick D ^a  

^a Idaho State University Boise   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diet; Exercise; Health; Moderate drinking; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 50849098508     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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