Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2003

Cardiac structure and function after short-term ethanol consumption in rats

  • Shann D Kim

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    • School of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 901 West Roosevelt Road (M/C 194), Chicago, IL 60608, USA
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  • Teresa Bieniarz

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    • Department of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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  • Karyn A Esser

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    • School of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 901 West Roosevelt Road (M/C 194), Chicago, IL 60608, USA
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  • Mariann R Piano

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    • Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Received 4 April 2002 ,Revised 16 September 2002 ,Accepted 23 September 2002.

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