Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 73-77 , October 2005

Alcohol consumption and plasma homocysteine

  • Hidenari Sakuta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8532, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Education, GSDF Medical School, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8566, Japan. Tel./fax: +81-03-3928-5331.
    • ,
  • Takashi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Laboratory, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8532, Japan

Received 22 May 2005 ,Revised 18 November 2005 ,Accepted 9 December 2005.

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PII: S0741-8329(05)00234-X

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.12.005

Alcohol
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