Cautioning against causal alcohol-cardiovascular assumptions

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-199

  Piazza Gardner, Anna K ^a   Barry, Adam E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CORONARY DISEASE; ETHANOL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84857947688     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00415.x     Document Type: Editorial

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