title: Alcohol and its effects on women.
abstract: Women and men respond differently to alcohol. The most obvious reason for this is that women generally are smaller and have a higher percentage of body fat than do men, and they metabolize alcohol less efficiently than do men. But the effects of alcohol on women go far beyond size and metabolism.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology; D012737:Sex Factors