Alcohol's evaporating health benefits

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Daube, Mike ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

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EID: 84923172376     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h407     Document Type: Editorial

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