Background Alcohol consumption has multiple biochemical consequences. Only a few of
these are useful as diagnostic markers, but many reflect potentially harmful or beneficial …

The relationship between alcohol consumption and health outcomes has a long history and
has generated much research. Heavy drinking is detrimental to health; however, there is …

Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and
injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease …

Alcohol consumption has long been recognized as a risk factor for mortality. By combining
data on alcohol per capita consumption, alcohol-drinking status and alcohol-drinking …

An umbrella review of meta-analyses was performed to summarize the evidence of
associations between alcohol consumption and health outcomes and to assess its …

This review discusses the inconsistent recommendations on alcohol consumption and its
association with chronic disease, highlighting the need for an evidence-based consensus …

Background Although moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to confer a protective
effect for specific diseases, current societal patterns of alcohol use impose a huge health …

Background: This study examined the effects of alcohol consumption and DSM‐IV alcohol
dependence on the risk of mortality. Methods: Data from the 1988 National Health Interview …

Background Internationally, studies show that similar levels of alcohol consumption in
deprived communities (vs. more affluent) result in higher levels of alcohol-related ill health …

This supplement includes a collection of papers that aim at estimating the relationship
between per capita alcohol consumption and various forms of mortality, including mortality …