Purpose To estimate the global lifetime prevalence rate of anabolic-androgenic steroid
(AAS) use and investigate moderators of the prevalence rate. Methods A meta-analysis and …

Binge drinking has been shown to be associated with considerable social harm and disease
burden. This review aims to give an overview from a European perspective of the socio …

The traditional view that mental disorders are distinct, categorical disorders has been
challenged by evidence that disorders are highly comorbid and exist on a continuum (eg …

BACKGROUND: Low socioeconomic position predicts risk of substance abuse, yet few
studies tested the role of preexisting familial and individual characteristics. METHODS: Data …

Aims: To make quantitative estimates on a global basis of exposure of disease-relevant
dimensions of alcohol consumption, ie average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns …

Background Little is known about costs and effects of vision screening strategies to detect
amblyopia. Aim of this study was to compare costs and effects of conventional (optotype) …

Objective To evaluate the relation between midlife alcohol consumption and mild cognitive
impairment and dementia in old age, and the possible modification of this relation by …

SUMMARY Data from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs have
shown that adolescent substance use is a growing problem in western and particularly …

In contemporary societies, risk culture and risk profiling lead to the stigmatization of
unhealthy behaviours as 'risky'. Risk denial theory refers to a cognitive way to deal with risky …

The association of mobile phone use with health compromising behaviours (smoking,
snuffing, alcohol) was studied in a survey comprising a representative sample of 14–16-year …