Nutrition Research
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 171-181 , January 2001

Moderate alcohol consumption and fibrinolytic factors of pre- and postmenopausal women

  • Aafje Sierksma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Physiology, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
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  • Martijn S van der Gaag

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Physiology, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
    • Martijn S. van der Gaag died in January 2000.
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  • Gertjan Schaafsma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Physiology, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
    • Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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  • Cornelis Kluft

      Affiliations

    • Gaubius Laboratory, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Monique Bakker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Statistics, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Institute of Applied Physics, Delft, The Netherlands
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  • Henk F.J Hendriks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Physiology, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-30-6944294; fax: +31-30-6944928

Received 1 March 2000 ,Revised 20 July 2000 ,Accepted 27 July 2000.

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doi: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00257-8

Nutrition Research
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 171-181 , January 2001

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