Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions. The average
volume of alcohol consumed, consumption patterns, and quality of the alcoholic beverages …

Alcohol consumption, particularly heavier drinking, is an important risk factor for many health
problems and, thus, is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. In fact, alcohol is …

Alcohol use is related to a wide variety of negative health outcomes including morbidity,
mortality, and disability. Research on alcohol-related morbidity and mortality takes into …

Background and aims Alcohol use is a major contributor to injuries, mortality and the burden
of disease. This review updates knowledge on risk relations between dimensions of alcohol …

Alcohol is a well-known risk factor for premature morbidity and mortality. The per capita
alcohol consumption of the world's population rose from 5.5 L in 2005 to 6.4 L in 2010 and …

Alcohol has long been known as a risk factor for disease. The 1990 Global Burden of
Disease (GBD) study (Murray and Lopez 1996a, 1996b) identified alcohol as one of the …

Alcoholic beverages, and the problems they engender, have been familiar fixtures in human
societies since the beginning of recorded history. We review advances in alcohol science in …

Alcohol policies in many countries have long been based on the assumption that a wide
range of health and social problems associated with the abuse of alcohol can be directly …

Alcohol consumption has long been a part of human culture. However, alcohol consumption
levels and alcohol consumption patterns are associated with chronic diseases. Overall, light …

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 …