Moderate alcohol intake and lower risk of coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of effects on lipids and haemostatic factors.

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Published in BMJ on December 11, 1999

Authors

E B Rimm1, P Williams, K Fosher, M Criqui, M J Stampfer

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1: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. eric.rimm@channing.harvard.edu

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