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Should Moderate Alcohol Consumption be Promoted?

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  • Alcohol drinking
  • alcohol-related disorders
  • coronary heart disease
  • mortality

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  • Rimm E, Temple NJ. What are the health implications of alcohol consumption? Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention, 2nd ed. Temple NJ, Wilson T, Jacobs DR, eds. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2006, pp. 211–221.

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  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/.

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  1. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, UK

    Ted Wilson PHD

  2. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    Norman J. Temple PHD

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  1. Dept. Biology, Winona State University, Winona, 54603, U.S.A.

    Ted Wilson

  2. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Perkins Rd. 6400, Baton Rouge, 70808, U.S.A.

    George A. Bray

  3. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, T9S 3A3, Canada

    Norman J. Temple

  4. Dept. Foods & Nutrition, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, 07960, U.S.A.

    Maria Boyle Struble

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Wilson, T., Temple, N.J. (2010). Should Moderate Alcohol Consumption be Promoted?. In: Wilson, T., Bray, G., Temple, N., Struble, M. (eds) Nutrition Guide for Physicians. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-431-9_9

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