Bacchic Medicine. Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1464-3685,0300-5771
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.6.1287-a