Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 113-117 , October 2005

Rib fractures in chronic alcoholic men: Relationship with feeding habits, social problems, malnutrition, bone alterations, and liver dysfunction

  • Emilio González-Reimers

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    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-922-678600.
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  • Elena García-Valdecasas-Campelo

      Affiliations

    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • Francisco Santolaria-Fernández

      Affiliations

    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • Antonio Milena-Abril

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Laboratorio, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • Eva Rodríguez-Rodríguez

      Affiliations

    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • Antonio Martínez-Riera

      Affiliations

    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • Alina Pérez-Ramírez

      Affiliations

    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • María Remedios Alemán-Valls

      Affiliations

    • Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Universidad de La Laguna, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Received 27 October 2005 ,Revised 12 December 2005 ,Accepted 25 December 2005.

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PII: S0741-8329(05)00233-8

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.12.004

Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 113-117 , October 2005

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