Alcohol consumption and the risk of gastric intestinal metaplasia in a U.S. Veterans population

• Hudson M. Holmes,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Andre G. Jove,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Mimi C. Tan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-4780

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• Hashem B. El-Serag,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Houston VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Aaron P. Thrift

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aaron.thrift@bcm.edu

  Affiliations Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0084-5308

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