Commentary on Roerecke & Rehm (2012): The state of the science on moderate drinking and health-a case of heterogeneity in and heterogeneity out?

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1261-1262

  Stockwell, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Confounding; Health benefits; Ischaemic heart disease; Meta analysis; Moderate drinking

Indexed keywords

DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 84861928001     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03866.x     Document Type: Note

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