Let's Not "Relax" Evidence Standards when Recommending Risky Preventive Therapeutic Agents
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
.
2015 Jul;39(7):1275-6.
doi: 10.1111/acer.12724.
Epub 2015 Apr 23.
Authors
Timothy S Naimi
1
,
Thomas Babor
2
,
Tanya Chikritzhs
3
,
Timothy R Stockwell
4
,
Jim McCambridge
5
,
Peter Miller
6
,
Ziming Xuan
7
,
Katharine Bradley
8
,
Jason G Blanchette
1
,
Kypros Kypri
9
,
Richard Saitz
7
Affiliations
1
Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
2
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut.
3
National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
4
Centre for Addiction Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
5
Department of Addictive Behaviors and Public Health, University of York, York, UK.
6
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
7
Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Australia.
8
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
9
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Adamstown Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
PMID:
25912415
DOI:
10.1111/acer.12724
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Alcohol Drinking / mortality*
Alcohol Drinking / trends*
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Male