Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 307-317 , September 2008

Alcohol and hypertension: a review

  • Arthur L. Klatsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California, USA
    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Arthur L. Klatsky, MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 280 West MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, California 94611. Tel: 510-752-6538; fax: 510-752-7456
    • ,
  • Erica Gunderson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California, USA

Received 5 December 2007 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

 Portions of the material in this article include research supported by the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, the Community Service Program of The Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, and by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

PII: S1933-1711(08)00045-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2008.03.010

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 307-317 , September 2008

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