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 …

Background Although important to public policy, there have been no rigorous evidence
syntheses of the long-term consequences of late adolescent drinking. Methods and Findings …

Objective: Population surveys typically produce underestimates of alcohol consumption of
approximately 40%–50%. Researchers often undertake a uniform adjustment of survey data …

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 …

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: Recent increases in the prevalence of obesity worldwide are suggested to be
caused largely by an environment that promotes sedentariness and excessive food intake …

Various methodological issues influence the measurement of alcohol consumption in
surveys. One factor is the reference period for which questions are asked—that is, whether …

Population-based estimates of substance use patterns have been regularly reported now for
several decades. Concerns with the quality of the survey methodologies employed to …

Aim To review and discuss measurement issues in survey assessment of alcohol
consumption for epidemiological studies. Methods The following areas are considered …

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 …