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. 1983 May;73(5):521–526. doi: 10.2105/ajph.73.5.521

Alcohol Use and Cognitive Loss among Employed Men and Women

Douglas A Parker, Elizabeth S Parker, Jacob A Brody, Ronald Schoenberg
PMCID: PMC1650837  PMID: 6837815

Abstract

A representative sample of 1,367 employed men and women in Detroit responded to questions about their drinking practices and then completed a cognitive test which measures abstraction abilities. Abstraction, tested while respondents were sober, decreased significantly as reported quantity of alcohol usually consumed per drinking occasion increased. (Am J Public Health 1983; 73:521-526.)

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