Identify the major way that alcohol consumption can affect the hematologic system
1. Nutritional deficiencies
2. Alteration in the clotting mechanism
3. Acceleration of ethrocyte formation
4. Acceleration of phagocytosis
Nutritional deficiencies
Rationale: Excessive alcohol use results in vitamin deficiencies and potentially GI damage that can suppress hematopoiesis. Alcohol does not affect the clotting mechanism, erythocyte formation, or phagocytosis.
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