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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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

Aims As part of a larger study to estimate the global burden of disease and injury attributable
to alcohol: to evaluate the evidence for a causal impact of average volume of alcohol …

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 …

Background Alcohol use has increased globally, with varying trends in different parts of the
world. This study investigates gender, age, and geographical differences in the alcohol …

Background and aims Estimated alcohol consumption from national self‐report surveys is
often only 30–40% of official estimates based on sales or taxation data. Global burden of …

Background Alcohol is one of the most important risk factors for burden of disease. Objective
To estimate the number of deaths and the years of life lost attributable to alcohol for Canada …