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

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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
Subjects:	coronary heart disease alcohol epidemiology confounding protective effect
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8299

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