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BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7850, 2012, Pages 30-

  Stockwell, T ^a   Greer, A ^b   Fillmore, K ^c   Chikritzhs, T ^d   Zeisser, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Scientific Analysis Corporation   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84859170698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2276     Document Type: Letter

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