No level of alcohol consumption improves health

The Lancet

Volumn 392, Issue 10152, 2018, Pages 987-988

  Burton, Robyn ^a   Sheron, Nick ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINGE DRINKING; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MARKETING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85053706875     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31571-X     Document Type: Note

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