The association between alcohol exposure and self-reported health status: the effect of separating former and current drinkers.

To investigate the direction and degree of potential bias introducedto analyses of drinking and health status which exclude former drinkers from exposure groups.Pooled analysis of 14 waves (1997-2010) of the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).General population-based study.404,462 particip...

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Main Authors: Wenbin Liang, Tanya Chikritzhs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3566043?pdf=render