A healthy dose of scepticism: Four good reasons to think again about protective effects of alcohol on coronary heart disease

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-444

  Chikritzhs, Tanya ^a   Fillmore, Kaye ^b   Stockwell, Tim ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Confounding; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Protective effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; RECALL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 70349338757     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00052.x     Document Type: Note

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