Alcohol consumption decreases with the development of disease

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1023-1025

  Shaper, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; British Regional Heart Study; Disease.

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEMPERANCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953768943     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03372.x     Document Type: Letter

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