Men who do not drink are frequently used as a baseline against which the effects of alcohol
consumption are measured. The characteristics of such men have been examined in a large …

Aims: This paper is a review of the literature on problem-related drinking of alcohol among
medical doctors, and it deals with the epidemiology and results. Methods: A search of …

Methods and results We selected 70 people from a register of alcohol research in the United
Kingdom (1982-3). 4 Everyone taking part in research into the epidemiology, clinical …

There is growing concern about the relationship between health‐related behaviour and
employment status. Data from the Scottish Mean Health Study included information on the …

In this paper, the negative and the positive effects of alcohol on health are reviewed. It is first
of all established facts that a high alcohol intake implies an increased risk of a large number …

An investigation was carried out into first admissions to, and all discharges from Scottish
psychiatric inpatient beds of male doctors and other social class I males who had a primary …

Abstract Three‐hundred‐and‐twenty‐seven male and 323 female medical and geriatric
admissions over the age of 65 were interviewed about their drinking habits. Thirty (9%) of …

EDITOR,--Morten Gronbaek and colleagues suggest that mortality is lower in association
with a moderate intake of wine, unchanged in association with a moderate intake of beer …

Objectives: To relate alcohol consumption to mortality. Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: 27 workplaces in the west of Scotland. Participants: 5766 men aged 35-64 when …

Abiodun OA. Alcohol‐related problems in primary care patients in Nigeria. Scand 1996: 93:
235–239.© Munksgaard 1996. A total of 440 (50.1%) drinking patients were found in a study …