Paper2016
Do Moderate Drinkers Have Reduced Mortality Risk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Alcohol Consumption and All-Cause Mortality
Tim Stockwell et al.
Re-analyses the studies behind the claim that moderate drinkers outlive abstainers and finds the apparent benefit disappears once former drinkers and other systematic biases are properly excluded from the abstainer comparison group.
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