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01-07-2017 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The combined association of alcohol consumption with dementia risk is likely biased due to lacking account of death cases

Authors: Nadine Binder, Lisa Manderscheid, Martin Schumacher

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 7/2017

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Title: The combined association of alcohol consumption with dementia risk is likely biased due to lacking account of death cases
Authors: Nadine Binder
Lisa Manderscheid
Martin Schumacher
Publication date: 01-07-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-017-0252-0

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