How stable is the risk curve between alcohol and all-cause mortality and what factors influence the shape? A precision-weighted hierarchical meta-analysis.

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Published in Eur J Epidemiol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Gerhard Gmel1, Elisabeth Gutjahr, Jürgen Rehm

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1: Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland. ggmel@sfa-ispa.ch

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