Why meta is better: A reply to Linden-Carmichael et al. (2018)

Andrew Scholey¹, Sarah Benson¹, Sean Johnson^{2

3}, Chris Alford^{2

3}, Samuel Benrejeb Godefroy⁴, Joris C Verster^{1

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6}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Psychological Sciences Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol.
³ Centre for Research in Biomedicine, University of the West of England, Bristol.
⁴ Department of Food Sciences, Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (FRAREP), Institute of Nutrition and Functional foods (INAF), Université Laval, QC, Canada.
⁵ Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
⁶ Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Comment

Andrew Scholey et al. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2018 Jul.

. 2018 Jul;33(4):e2663.

doi: 10.1002/hup.2663. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

Andrew Scholey¹, Sarah Benson¹, Sean Johnson^{2

3}, Chris Alford^{2

3}, Samuel Benrejeb Godefroy⁴, Joris C Verster^{1

5

6}

¹ Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Psychological Sciences Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol.
³ Centre for Research in Biomedicine, University of the West of England, Bristol.
⁴ Department of Food Sciences, Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (FRAREP), Institute of Nutrition and Functional foods (INAF), Université Laval, QC, Canada.
⁵ Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
⁶ Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Comment on

Mixing alcohol and energy drinks in daily life: A Commentary on Verster and Colleagues (2018).
Linden-Carmichael AN, Stamates AL, Marczinski CA, Lau-Barraco C. Linden-Carmichael AN, et al. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2018 Jul;33(4):e2664. doi: 10.1002/hup.2664. Epub 2018 Jun 14. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2018. PMID: 29901237 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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