The protective effects of moderate drinking: lies, damned lies, and… selection biases?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Comment

Annie Britton et al. Addiction. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;112(2):218-219.

doi: 10.1111/add.13585. Epub 2016 Sep 26.

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Keywords: Alcohol; causal inference; life-course; longitudinal; selection bias; study design.

Comment on

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