Alcohol, the heart and the cardiovascular system: What do we know and where should we go?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-337

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b   Roerecke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HEART; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; HEART; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 79959963943     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00338.x     Document Type: Editorial

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