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 …

This paper summarises data for the prevalence, correlates, and probable adverse health
consequences of problem use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. We …

Methods We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Alcohol-Related
Disease Impact application for 2006–2010 to estimate total AAD and YPLL across 54 …

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 As part of a larger study to estimate the global burden of disease and injury attributable
to alcohol: to evaluate the evidence for a causal impact of average volume of alcohol …

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity-Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a
collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages …

ContextModifiable behavioral risk factors are leading causes of mortality in the United
States. Quantifying these will provide insight into the effects of recent trends and the …

Background Prevention and control of disease and injury require information about the
leading medical causes of illness and exposures or risk factors. The assessment of the …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. Alcohol is an established risk factor for liver cirrhosis. It
remains unclear, however, whether this relationship follows a continuous dose–response …

Background Smoking is a risk factor for several diseases and has been increasing in many
developing countries. Our aim was to estimate global and regional mortality in 2000 caused …