The positive and negative health effects of alcohol- and the public health implications

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-420

  Gronbaek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANAMNESIS; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61849150563     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2009.02082.x     Document Type: Review

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