Methodological Biases in Estimating the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer: The Role of Drinker Misclassification Errors in Meta-Analytic Results

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Methodological Biases in Estimating the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Breast Cancer: The Role of Drinker Misclassification Errors in Meta-Analytic Results

Background: While alcohol consumption has been linked to breast cancer in women, few studies have controlled for possible biases created by including former or occasional drinkers in the abstainer reference group. We explored the potential for such misclassification errors as sources of bias in esti...

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Main Authors:	Zeisser, C., Stockwell, Tim, Chikritzhs, Tanya
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Williams and Wilkins 2014
Subjects:	Alcohol Abstainers Breast Cancer Methodological Bias
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4947

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