The association of lifetime alcohol use with mortality and cancer risk in older adults: A cohort study.

BACKGROUND:While current research is largely consistent as to the harms of heavy drinking in terms of both cancer incidence and mortality, there are disparate messages regarding the safety of light-moderate alcohol consumption, which may confuse public health messages. We aimed to evaluate the assoc...

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Main Authors: Andrew T Kunzmann, Helen G Coleman, Wen-Yi Huang, Sonja I Berndt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6007830?pdf=render