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© 1977 Oxford University Press

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Alcohol Consumption, Alcoholism and Excessive Drinking—Errors in Estimates from Consumption Figures

JOHN C DUFFY1

1 MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, and Department of Statistics, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland

A persistent fallacy in epidemiological research into alcoholism is pointed out and the history of its perpetuation discussed. The Implications of recognizing the fallacy are outlined with particular reference to public policy.

Revised 9 August 1977


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