Underestimating the alcohol content of a glass of wine: The implications for estimates of mortality risk

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 609-614

  Britton, Annie ^a   O'Neill, Darragh ^a   Bell, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; WINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; WINE;

EID: 84991329900     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agw027     Document Type: Article

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