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Stockwell et al. Response: Moderate Use of an "Intoxicating Carcinogen" Has No Net Mortality Benefit-Is This True and Why Does It Matter?

Published by chris24 on November 11, 2016
Stockwell et al. Response: Moderate Use of an “Intoxicating Carcinogen” Has No Net Mortality Benefit-Is This True and Why Does It Matter?

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All-Cause Mortality Risks for “Moderate Drinkers”: What Are the Implications for Burden-of-Disease Studies and Low Risk-Drinking Guidelines?

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Why Do Alcohol’s Assumed Benefits Have Any Role in Policymaking?

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The Importance of Methodological Meta-Analyses and a Call to Assess Current and Former Drinking Patterns: A Commentary on Stockwell et al. (2016).

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Do “Moderate” Drinkers Have Reduced Mortality Risk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Alcohol Consumption and All-Cause Mortality.

CONCLUSIONS: Estimates of mortality risk from alcohol are significantly altered by study design and characteristics. Meta-analyses adjusting for these factors find that low-volume alcohol consumption has no net mortality benefit compared with lifetime abstention or occasional drinking. These findings have implications for public policy, the formulation of low-risk drinking guidelines, and future r
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