What is the optimal level of population alcohol consumption for chronic disease prevention in England? Modelling the impact of changes in average consumption levels

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Nichols, Melanie ^a,b   Scarborough, Peter ^b   Allender, Steven ^a,b   Rayner, Mike ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOUTH CANCER; RISK; SIMULATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863713880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000957     Document Type: Article

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