Index around the world: News update from Index
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News from around the World
Medical News A mistaken interpretation of data relating alcohol to mortality Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease in Denmark 2006–2011: A population-based study WineHealth 2015 The pattern of alcohol consumption and risk of cirrhosis Ethnic differences in presentation and severity of alcoholic liver disease Worsening of health and a cessation or reduction in alcohol consumption to special oc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Index on Censorship
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0306-4220,1746-6067
DOI: 10.1177/0306422014536492