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. 2023 Jan;8(1):e6-e7.
doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00317-6.

Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption

Benjamin O Anderson  1 , Nino Berdzuli  2 , Andre Ilbawi  1 , Dévora Kestel  3 , Hans P Kluge  2 , Rüdiger Krech  4 , Bente Mikkelsen  1 , Maria Neufeld  5 , Vladimir Poznyak  3 , Dag Rekve  3 , Slim Slama  1 , Juan Tello  4 , Carina Ferreira-Borges  6
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Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption

Benjamin O Anderson et al. Lancet Public Health. 2023 Jan.
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We declare no competing interests. All authors are staff members of WHO. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed here and these do not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of WHO.

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