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Alcohol Use Disorder and Mortality Across the Lifespan: A Longitudinal Cohort and Co-relative Analysis.
JAMA psychiatry - 1 Jun 2016
Kendler Kenneth S, Ohlsson Henrik, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Excess alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are associated with substantially increased mortality. Efforts to reduce this toll require an understanding of their causes. OBJECTIVE: To clarify the degree to which the excess mortality associated with AUDs arises (1) from the predispositions of the person who develops AUD (and which would likely be shared by close relatives) and (2) as a...
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