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 …

Just as binge drinking rates differ for men and women, the predictors and consequences of
binge drinking vary by gender as well. This article examines these differences and how …

Alcohol consumption, particularly heavier drinking, is an important risk factor for many health
problems and, thus, is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. In fact, alcohol is …

Aims: The aim of the study was to explore whether the concept of heavy substance use over
time can be used as definition of substance use disorder. Methods: Narrative review …

Aims This study aims to document the adverse effects of drinkers in Australia on people
other than the drinker. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting In a national survey of …

Aims To evaluate evidence of the capacity for causal inference in studies of associations
between parental and offspring alcohol consumption in the general population. Methods A …

Funding: This work was supported by an unrestricted contract from Lundbeck A/S. In
addition, WHO European Region supported the calculations of alcohol-attributable harm; …

Objective The aim of this literature review was to establish the economic burden of
preventable disease in Australia in terms of attributable health care costs, other costs to …

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 …

This article examines how the issue of alcohol use has been problematized using past and
current World Health Organization reports and associated publications as illustrations. The …