Examining association between low to moderate drinking, cognitive function in adults

What The Study Did:

The association between low to moderate alcohol drinking and the rate of age-related decline in cognitive function from middle to older age was investigated in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults.

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Changwei Li, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of Georgia College of Public Health in Athens, is the corresponding author.

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