The aim of this paper is to identify positive psychological concomitants of moderate alcohol
consumption. Current research and public-health perspectives on alcohol emphasize harms …

Jussi Simpura & Thomas Karlsson: Trends in drinking patterns among adult population in 15
European countries, 1950 to 2000: a review Under the auspices of the European …

Background: In 1996 the number of deaths and admissions to hospital in Canada that could
be attributed to the use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs were estimated from 1992 data …

Does European integration influence national cultures and social policies? Is Europe's
fabled cultural diversity diminishing? In this book, Paulette Kurzer examines these important …

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widely. People who smoke one to 10 cigarettes a day have a 2.6-fold higher risk of dying …

A comment on this article appears in" Comments on Skog (2006): the prevention paradox
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The objects of this study we (1) to review systematically Skog's theory of collective drinking
behaviour and its interpretations by alcohol researchers, and (2) to give examples of how …

Biomedicalization is seen as the natural outgrowth of continued scientific progress--a
movement towards improving the quality and quantity of life through scientific inquiries using …

Aims To estimate the relationship between per capita alcohol consumption and male all‐
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Public health discourse can be interpreted as a liberal rationality of rule. Within this
discourse, techniques are developed in order to regulate macro-and micro-level …