Alcohol use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: current knowledge, implications, and future directions

EC Williams, JA Hahn, R Saitz, K Bryant… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol use is common among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In
this narrative review, we describe literature regarding alcohol's impact on transmission, care …

Reduced-risk drinking as a viable treatment goal in problematic alcohol use and alcohol dependence

J van Amsterdam… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This review describes and discusses studies related to reduced-risk drinking as an
additional treatment option for patients with problematic alcohol use and alcohol …

Mental disorders as risk factors for substance use, abuse and dependence: results from the 10‐year follow‐up of the National Comorbidity Survey

J Swendsen, KP Conway, L Degenhardt, M Glantz… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The comorbidity of mental disorders and substance dependence is well documented,
but prospective investigations in community samples are rare. This investigation examines …

Trends in European life expectancy: a salutary view

DA Leon - International journal of epidemiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Making a difference to the health of populations, however small, is what most people in
public health hope they are doing. Epidemiologists are no exception. But often caught up in …

Hazardous alcohol drinking and premature mortality in Russia: a population based case-control study

DA Leon, L Saburova, S Tomkins, E Andreev… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background The reason for the low life expectancy in Russian men and large fluctuations in
mortality are unknown. We investigated the contribution of alcohol, and hazardous drinking …

Education and alcohol consumption among older Americans; black–white differences

S Assari, MM Lankarani - Frontiers in public health, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Purpose Although the link between education and alcohol consumption is known, limited
information exists on racial differences in this link. We conducted the current study to test …

Do consequences of a given pattern of drinking vary by socioeconomic status? A mortality and hospitalisation follow-up for alcohol-related causes of the Finnish …

P Mäkelä, T Paljärvi - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2008 - jech.bmj.com
Background: Socioeconomic differences in alcohol-related mortality and hospitalisations, as
based on register data, are larger than socioeconomic differences in various types of …

Socio‐demographic risk factors for alcohol and drug dependence: the 10‐year follow‐up of the national comorbidity survey

J Swendsen, KP Conway, L Degenhardt, L Dierker… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Continued progress in etiological research and prevention science requires more
precise information concerning the specific stages at which socio‐demographic variables …

Teenage drinking, alcohol availability and pricing: a cross-sectional study of risk and protective factors for alcohol-related harms in school children

MA Bellis, PA Phillips-Howard, K Hughes, S Hughes… - BMC public health, 2009 - Springer
Background There is a lack of empirical analyses examining how alcohol consumption
patterns in children relate to harms. Such intelligence is required to inform parents, children …

[HTML][HTML] East–west disparities in alcohol-related harm

J Moskalewicz, Y Razvodovsky, Ł Wieczorek - Alcoholism and Drug …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction The aim of this article was to provide more insight into the role of alcohol in the
east–west disparities in mortality against other socio-economic factors, and to trace and …