Why is alcohol cancer's best-kept secret?
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Authors
Slevin, Terry
Chikritzhs, T.
Date
2016Collection
Type
Journal Article
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Community awareness and acceptance of the causal relationship between alcohol use and cancer is generally low, and may also be suboptimal among physicians. Personal alcohol use among physicians and health professionals may be contributing to high levels of uncertainty and denial in the general population that alcohol causes cancer.
Citation
Slevin, T. and Chikritzhs, T. 2016. Why is alcohol cancer's best-kept secret? [Commentary]. Addiction. 112 (2): pp. 229-230.
Source Title
Addiction
Department
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
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