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Addiction Medicine
Alcohol and smoking interaction are focus of review
October 25th, 2006
The contributions of alcohol and smoking interaction in aerodigestive cancer, coronary heart disease, and traffic and fire injury are the focus of a review published in a recent issue of the journal Addictive Behaviors. According to the review from Canada, "Alcohol and tobacco are responsible for a significant amount of burden of disease, but some diseases may be a result of the interaction between these two risk factors." "Systematic literature review identified articles on the interaction of alcohol and smoking on a number of outcomes related to both risk behaviours," wrote B. Taylor and J. Rehm at the Center for Addiction & Mental Health in...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-10-25)
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