Based on the recent report on alcohol-related health and social burdens issued by the World
Health Organization (WHO), this paper explores and discusses the evidence in support of …

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 …

The authors describe the most recent and significant epidemiological studies on alcohol
conducted in Brazil in the last years. The aim was to outline the pattern of alcohol …

Background and Aims: The World Health Organization estimated that 3.2% of the burden of
disease around the world is attributable to the consumption of alcohol. The aim of this study …

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 …

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

In the World Health Organization (WHO) Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) study (Ezzati
et al., 2004; Lopez et al., 2006; for details on alcohol, see Rehm et al., 2004), alcohol proved …

OBJECTIVES: To describe patterns of alcohol consumption in the Americas, to estimate the
burden of disease attributable to alcohol in the year 2000, and to suggest implications for …

A sociedade brasileira arca, atualmente, com um elevado custo econômico frente aos
problemas decorrentes do uso abusivo de álcool. No Brasil, estudos econômicos …

It is a fairly known story: David, the wise and frail defendant of the Jews, had to face the
gigantic Goliath in a battle in the valley of Elah to protect his people, their faiths and their …