Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 593-601 , November 2008

Associations of alcohol consumption with blood pressure, lipoproteins, and subclinical inflammation among Turks

  • Altan Onat

      Affiliations

    • Turkish Society of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Med Fac, Nisbetiye cad. 37/24, Etiler 34335, İstanbul, Turkey
    • Department of Public Health, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Nisbetiye cad. 37/24, Etiler 34335, İstanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90-212-351-6217; fax: +90-212-351-4235.
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  • Gülay Hergenc

      Affiliations

    • Biology Department, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Dursun Dursunoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Denizli, Turkey
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  • Serkan Ordu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Düzce University Medical Faculty, Düzce, Turkey
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  • Günay Can

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Med Fac, Nisbetiye cad. 37/24, Etiler 34335, İstanbul, Turkey
    • Department of Public Health, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Serkan Bulur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Düzce University Medical Faculty, Düzce, Turkey
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  • Hüsniye Yüksel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Med Fac, Nisbetiye cad. 37/24, Etiler 34335, İstanbul, Turkey
    • Department of Public Health, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 18 March 2008 ,Revised 30 May 2008 ,Accepted 25 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.06.007

Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 593-601 , November 2008

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