Abstract Background In 2004, tuberculosis (TB) was responsible for 2.5% of global mortality
(among men 3.1%; among women 1.8%) and 2.2% of global burden of disease (men 2.7%; …

Issues. This contribution aims to examine systematically the evidence on the impact of the
quality of unrecorded alcohol products on health consequences. Approach. Systematic …

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 …

Aims In addition to being produced in ethanol metabolism, acetaldehyde occurs naturally in
alcoholic beverages. Limited epidemiological evidence points to acetaldehyde as an …

ABSTRACT In 2005, 30% of all alcohol consumption in Russia was unrecorded. This paper
describes the chemical composition of unrecorded and low cost alcohol, including a …

Aims To describe mortality from diseases, conditions and injuries where alcohol was a
necessary cause in selected countries in the A mericas. Design A descriptive, population …

Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for global burden of disease and injury (GBoDI).
Infectious disease plays an important role in this relationship. Alcohol consumption, in a …

The inflated development in public healthcare domain has forced numerous organisations to
construct and maintain large scale databases or data warehouses. However, the prediction …

Aims: The consumption of alcoholic beverages has been identified as carcinogenic by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer. We aim to summarize the evidence on …

The main goal of the field of hygiene/environmental medicine is the protection and
promotion of health. Tasks of this basic branch of preventive medicine include identification …