Alcohol and the heart: To abstain or not to abstain?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 628-

  Movva, Rajesh ^a   Figueredo, Vincent M ^a,b  

^a EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Heart disease; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINGE DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART PROTECTION; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; PLEIOTROPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84900585990     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.226     Document Type: Letter

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