Judgment-Based Errors in Epidemiological Studies: A Commentary on Stockley et al. (2024) and Stockwell et al. (2024)

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Affiliations

¹ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
⁷ Program on Substance Abuse & WHO CC, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

Comment

Kevin Shield et al. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;85(1):141-142.

doi: 10.15288/jsad.23-00262. Epub 2023 Oct 3.

Kevin Shield^{1

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3}, Jürgen Rehm^{1

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¹ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
⁷ Program on Substance Abuse & WHO CC, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

No abstract available

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Stockwell T, Zhao J, Clay JM, Sherk A, Naimi T. Stockwell T, et al. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Jan;85(1):143-146. doi: 10.15288/jsad.23-00411. Epub 2023 Dec 26. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024. PMID: 38147106 No abstract available.

Apologizing for the Alcohol Industry? A Comment on ISFAR's Defense of Alcohol's Purported Health Benefits.
Stockwell T, Zhao J, Naimi T. Stockwell T, et al. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Jan;85(1):133-135. doi: 10.15288/jsad.23-00193. Epub 2023 Aug 30. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024. PMID: 37650833 No abstract available.
ISFAR Reiterates Its Defense of Moderate Alcohol Consumption's Health Benefits.
Stockley CS, Hendriks HFJ, Ellison RC. Stockley CS, et al. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Jan;85(1):136-140. doi: 10.15288/jsad.23-00293. Epub 2023 Dec 11. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024. PMID: 38095176 No abstract available.