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The combined association of alcohol consumption with dementia risk is likely biased due to lacking account of death cases

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Nadine Binder is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Grant Number SCHU 756/12-2.

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  1. Institute for Prevention and Cancer Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Elsässerstr. 2, 79110, Freiburg, Germany

    Nadine Binder

  2. Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Lisa Manderscheid

  3. Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Martin Schumacher

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Binder, N., Manderscheid, L. & Schumacher, M. The combined association of alcohol consumption with dementia risk is likely biased due to lacking account of death cases. Eur J Epidemiol 32, 627–629 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-017-0252-0

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