TY  - JOUR
T1  - HOw many drinks a day?
AU  - Castelli WP
Y1  - 1979/11/02
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03300180044032
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2000
EP  - 2000
VL  - 242
IS  - 18
N2  - Alcohol has been the subject of much debate throughout the ages, and it continues to stimulate much of the same. The effects of alcohol are not all to one side of the medical issue. Indeed, recently there has been quite a bit of data to suggest that alcohol may have a beneficial effect on atherosclerosis, which may be seen in a lower rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) in some settings. Elsewhere in this issue (p 1973), Hennekens et al, in a novel approach toward reducing bias in a case-control study, have reported that alcohol has a protective effect against coronary disease. In addition, their study is one of the first to show that the good effect of drinking can be got from beer, wine, or spirits.Just how alcohol lowers the CHD rate is yet to be unraveled. At present the story seems to go as follows: Alcohol increases
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03300180044032
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03300180044032
ER  -