Beneficial effects of moderate alcohol use-a case for Occam's razor?

Gerhard Gmel^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Alcohol Treatment Center, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Research Department, Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

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Gerhard Gmel. Addiction. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;112(2):215-217.

doi: 10.1111/add.13550. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

Gerhard Gmel^{1

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¹ Alcohol Treatment Center, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Research Department, Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

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Keywords: Beneficial effects; Mendelian randomization; bias; longitudinal studies; moderate alcohol consumption; observational studies.

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Selection biases in observational studies affect associations between 'moderate' alcohol consumption and mortality.
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