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Alcohol use disorders and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Michael Roerecke1, Jürgen Rehm

  • 1Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell St., Toronto, ON, Canada. m.roerecke@web.de

Addiction (Abingdon, England)
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Alcohol use disorderclinical studiescohort studiesmeta-analysismortalitypopulation studiessystematic review

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