Regulations on the availability of alcohol have been used to moderate alcohol problems in
communities throughout the world for thousands of years. In the latter half of the 20th …

Background: There is growing evidence for recent declines in adolescent alcohol use in the
Western world. While these changes have been subject to scientific debate, the reasons for …

Alcohol has historically been consumed in an unproblematic way by many people across
the European Union (EU). However, a significant proportion of alcohol consumption is …

Background: The quantitative measurement of urinary metabolites in sewage streams and
the subsequent estimation of consumption rates of the parent compounds have previously …

Binge drinking is a substantial and growing health problem. Community norms about
drinking and drunkenness may influence individual drinking problems. Using data from the …

Aims: To determine the prevalence of hazardous drinking and alcohol-related negative
consequences in New Zealand tertiary students, and to identify predictors of hazardous …

Aims Alcohol consumption among youth in S weden has declined markedly during the last
decade. This study aims to tackle the following research questions:(i) how is the decrease in …

Aims: To analyse trends in alcohol consumption among young people in Sweden between
2004 and 2012, to test whether the theory of collectivity of drinking cultures is valid for a …

Aims: This paper describes changes in alcohol consumption among Swedish youth over the
past decade with the aim of exploring the polarization hypothesis, which asserts that while a …

Aims This paper presents examples to illustrate the utility and limitations in the use of
epidemiology in alcohol research and discusses some promising new directions. Methods …