Alcohol consumption and cancer risk: revisiting guidelines for sensible drinking

Paule Latino‐Martel; Pierre Arwidson; Raphaëlle Ancellin; Nathalie Druesne‐Pecollo; Serge Hercberg; Martine Le Quellec-Nathan; T Leluong; D Maraninchi

doi:10.1503/cmaj.110363

Abstract

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Recommendations for what constitutes sensible drinking are not new and have varied across time and place. In 1981, concerned by the increase in admissions to hospital for alcohol-related diseases in the United Kingdom, health educators and clinicians developed the general concept of sensible

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