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Alcohol and Sudden Death: Devil's Brew or Ambrosia of the Gods?

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Albert, C.M. Alcohol and Sudden Death: Devil's Brew or Ambrosia of the Gods?. Card Electrophysiol Rev 5, 422–424 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013214418576

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