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Comment
. 2024 Jan;119(1):24-25.
doi: 10.1111/add.16381. Epub 2023 Nov 13.

The unacceptability of evidence on acceptable risks

John Holmes  1 , Colin Robert Angus  1
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The unacceptability of evidence on acceptable risks

John Holmes et al. Addiction. 2024 Jan.
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Keywords: Alcohol; drinking guidelines; epidemiological modelling; epidemiology; guideline development; risk acceptability.

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  • New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines.
    Shield K, Paradis C, Butt P, Naimi T, Sherk A, Asbridge M, Myran D, Stockwell T, Wells S, Poole N, Heatley J, Hobin E, Thompson K, Young M; Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Scientific Expert Panel. Shield K, et al. Addiction. 2024 Jan;119(1):9-19. doi: 10.1111/add.16316. Epub 2023 Sep 8. Addiction. 2024. PMID: 37680111

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