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E. CONDUIT, A. APPELS, A. LEWIS, CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF MODERATE DRINKING: POSSIBLE MEDIATION BY VITAL EXHAUSTION, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 33, Issue 5, September 1998, Pages 528–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/33.5.528
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Abstract
A curvilinear relationship between alcohol consumption and heart disease risk has often been demonstrated. A similar relationship was found between vital exhaustion (VE) and alcohol intake in 62 Japanese and 53 British healthy males. Vital exhaustion is a prodromal state for cardiac events. A possible connection between moderate social drinking, VE and heart disease is suggested.
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