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What the evidence found 3 findings
Based on 14 sources:
JAMA Network Open peer-reviewed View
PMC Systematic Review peer-reviewed View
Nature Communications peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
PLOS Medicine peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
BMJ eGastroenterology peer-reviewed View
The Genetics of Alcohol Metabolism - PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
Genetic Polymorphisms of ALDH2 and ADH1B in Alcohol-Induced peer-reviewed View
Alcohol Consumption, Genetic Variants in Alcohol Deydrogenases peer-reviewed View
Conventional and genetic evidence on alcohol peer-reviewed View
Alcohol intake and cardiovascular risk factors: A Mendelian peer-reviewed View
Based on 15 sources:
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American Heart Association peer-reviewed View
JAMA Network Open peer-reviewed View
PMC Article 9329419 peer-reviewed View
PMC Article 11578756 peer-reviewed View
Wiley Online Library peer-reviewed View
PMC Article on Mendelian Randomization in Cardiovascular Research peer-reviewed View
European Heart Journal peer-reviewed View
NCBI Books institutional View
Evaluating the Sick Quitting Hypothesis for Frailty Status and Reducing Alcohol Use Among People With HIV in a Longitudinal Clinical Cohort Study peer-reviewed View
Reduction in alcohol consumption and health status peer-reviewed View
The Effects of Low-Dose Alcohol Consumption institutional View
The Association Between Health Changes and Cessation of Alcohol Consumption peer-reviewed View
The Association Between Health Changes and Cessation of Alcohol Consumption peer-reviewed View
Prospective Correlates of Drinking Cessation peer-reviewed View
Based on 9 sources:
PMC peer-reviewed View
Stanford News institutional View
New York Times news View
PMC peer-reviewed View
American College of Cardiology institutional View
JAMA Network Open peer-reviewed View
New York Times news View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
New England Journal of Medicine peer-reviewed View
What research hasn't answered 2 gaps
JAMA Network Open peer-reviewed View
PMC Systematic Review peer-reviewed View
Nature Communications peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
JAMA Network Open peer-reviewed View
PMC Systematic Review peer-reviewed View
Nature Communications peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
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