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What's your poison?
- Source :
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New Scientist . 11/27/99, Vol. 164 Issue 2214, p76. 5p. 13 Color Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Describes how the human body processes ethanol. Factors influencing the different effects of alcohol; Amount of ethanol processed by the liver per hour; Ability of fructose and similar nutrients to speed up the breakdown of alcohol in the liver; Influence of the strength of a drink on how alcohol gets absorbed. INSET: Untitled (introduction of gin to Great Britain), by Celia....
- Subjects :
- *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of alcohol
*LIVER
*METABOLISM
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02624079
- Volume :
- 164
- Issue :
- 2214
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Scientist
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 2572291