A healthy dose of scepticism: four good reasons to think again about protective effects of alcohol on coronary heart disease.

Alcohol has been implicated in both the popular press and scientific literature as having a protective effect for at least a dozen conditions including coronary heart disease (CHD). Approach. Epidemiological evidence for an apparent protective effect of alcohol on CHD is now being challenged on a nu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chikritzhs, Tanya, Fillmore, Kaye, Stockwell, Tim
Format: Journal Article
Published: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8299