Alcohol consumption is linked to long-term health and social consequences through three
intermediate outcomes: intoxication, dependence and direct biochemical effects. Alcohol …

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are about 2 billion people
worldwide consuming alcoholic beverages and 76.3 million with diagnosed alcohol use …

Worldwide, alcohol use was identified as the third most important risk factor for the burden of
disease in 2004, in terms of disability-adjusted life years lost (1). In middle-income countries …

Heavy drinking has been known for centuries to be a health hazard and cause of death.
Efforts to quantify the disease burden associated with different risk factors clearly …

Alcohol has been identified as one of the most important risk factors in the burden
experienced as a result of disease. The objective of the present contribution is to establish a …

Abstract Since the original Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) for alcohol consumption as
part of the Global Burden of Disease Study for 1990, there had been regular updates of …

Aim: To make quantitative estimates of the burden of disease attributable to alcohol in the
year 2000 on a global basis. Design: Secondary data analysis. Measurements: Two …

Aims: To identify the policy implications of the magnitude and characteristics of alcohol
consumption and problems, viewed globally, and to summarize conclusions on the …

There has been a remarkable increase in the attention paid to the alcohol industry by those
working in the public health field in recent years, as illustrated by the meeting of which this …

Aims This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of life‐time abstainers, former drinkers
and current drinkers, adult per‐capita consumption of alcohol and pattern of drinking scores …