Alcohol dosing and total mortality in men and women: an updated meta-analysis of 34 prospective studies.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on December 12, 2006

Authors

Augusto Di Castelnuovo1, Simona Costanzo, Vincenzo Bagnardi, Maria Benedetta Donati, Licia Iacoviello, Giovanni de Gaetano

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology, John Paul II Center for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

Non-oxidative Metabolite Profiles After Increasing Doses of Ethanol | NCT02311686

Effect of Different Foods Together With a Small Dose of Alcohol on Alcohol Levels in Healthy Subjects | NCT03867812

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