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Pulling apart poor research linking alcohol consumption and cancer - International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 188
2016-06-28 14:04:46| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Previous scientific research has shown that heavy alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for upper aero-digestive cancers, and even light drinking increases slightly the risk of breast cancer in women. A recent study is based on a very small number of cases of cancer in New Zealand, tabulated separately for Maori and non-Maori subjects. The research applies estimates of alcohol effects from other population-based studies.
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