Citation

Fekjaer HO. Addiction 2013; 108(12): 2051-2057.

Affiliation

Sjøstrandvn. 4, 1450, Nesoddtangen, Norway. hans.olav@fekjaer.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/add.12104

PMID

23297738

Abstract

A conspicuous fact is that light or moderate drinking apparently prevent such a large number of unrelated diseases. It is even more striking that beneficial effects for the different diseases all seem to peak at approximately the same consumption level. For almost all the diseases, there is a remarkable absence of dose-response effects. Within threshold limits, protective and harmful factors more often have a dose-response effect. This is easier to explain biologically, and is frequently regarded as one of the criteria for inferring causality. However, in practically all these studies, certain small doses of alcohol are apparently protective and somewhat larger doses are apparently harmful.

Language: en