Alcohol and Unnatural Deaths in Sweden: A Medico-Legal Autopsy...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2000 ;   SJOGREN, HARMEET ERIKSSON, ANDERS AHLM, KRISTIN;   787 words ......Accurate determination of alcohol-related mortality in a population is difficult...Agren, 1988), although alcohol-related mortality is often underestimated...1987). Prevalence of alcohol-related mortality in Stockholm, in 1987...

Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-related Mortality in Canada, 1950-2000

Canadian Journal of Public Health;  March 1, 2004 ;   Ramstedt, Mats;   787 words ......alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Canada, and to test...alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality. Method: Alcohol sales...alcohol consumption; alcohol-related mortality consisted of nine different...

Alcohol and youth: Time for effective action

Canadian Journal of Public Health;  May 1, 2002 ;   Single, Eric;   787 words ......problems associated with alcohol use were once largely...hospitalization attributed to alcohol use were thought to...such as cirrhosis and alcohol dependence. Until recently...The health benefits of alcohol consumption were not...prevailing estimates of alcohol-related ...

Alcohol-related mortality during an economic boom and recession

Contemporary Drug Problems;  October 1, 1999 ;   Makela, Pia;   787 words ...Alcohol-related mortality accounts for a considerable...1987-1995 are used to examine how alcohol-related mortality developed during this period...men, the relative changes in alcohol-related mortality were largest in the youngest...

RESEARCH NOTE: PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL-RELATED MORTALITY IN RUSSIA

Journal of Drug Issues;  January 1, 2006 ;   Pridemore, William Alex; Kim, Sang-Weon;   787 words ......nature, the patterns of alcohol-related mortality in Russia presented...The Russian rate of alcohol consumption is among...nations share similar alcohol related problems, Russia appears...describe patterns of alcohol mortality in Russia...

Alcohol-caused mortality in Australia and Canada: scenario analyses using...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  May 1, 2007 ;   Stockwell, Tim Chikritzhs, Tanya Bostrom, Alan Fillmore, Kaye Kerr, William Rehm, Jurgen Taylor, Ben;   787 words ......to the estimation of alcohol-attributable mortality...systematic reviews of the alcohol and health literature...that low levels of alcohol consumption, in particular...significant relationship with alcohol consumption, it tends...several estimates of alcohol's overall impact on...saved than ...

Biological processes underlying co-use of alcohol and nicotine: neuronal...

Alcohol Research & Health;  September 22, 2006 ;   Funk, Douglas Marinelli, Peter W. Le, Anh D.;   787 words ...Alcohol and nicotine are two of the oldest and most commonly used...availability likely contributes to the strong correlation between alcohol and nicotine use, several lines of evidence suggest that biological factors play a role as well. For example, both alcohol and nicotine act on a brain system called ...

Alcohol use and great expectations. (physical effect of alcohol)

Science News;  October 3, 1987 ;     410 words ...Alcohol use and great expectations Some people think of alcohol as a kind of magical elixir that replaces unpleasant feelings...social and physical pleasures. Mix this expectation with alcohol's two-faced' physical effects--it acts as a stimulant at...

Alcohol: The Most Widely Abused Drug

The Arab American News;  September 7, 2001 ;     769 words ...Alcohol: The Most Widely Abused Drug Over the past twenty years, staff from the Arab-American and Chaldean Council's (ACC) Substance Abuse Prevention Program have dealt with the problems associated with tobacco, alcohol and drug use. Alcohol is the most widely abused drug in the U.S. today. Although ...

Alcohol and Islam: an overview

Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 2006 ;   Michalak, Laurence; Trocki, Karen;   787 words ...Alcohol and Islam is a relatively understudied topic, although alcohol abuse is a significant social problem both in Muslim majority...food and drink prescriptions and proscriptions also make alcohol and Islam a worthwhile topic. This article offers a general...

Factors related to alcohol use among 6th through 10th graders: the...

Journal of School Health;  March 1, 2004 ;   Eaton, Danice K. Forthofer, Melinda S. Zapata, Lauren B. Brown, Kelli R. McCormack Bryant, Carol A. Reynolds, Sherri T. McDermott, Robert J.;   787 words ...Alcohol represents the leading drug of abuse among teen-agers in...legal drinking age is 21 years, most US youth have used alcohol by the time they graduate from high school. (3) About one-ha...10th graders, and 80% of 12th graders report having tried alcohol. (4) Approximately 22% of eighth graders, 39% of ...

Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule.(Review)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2001 ;   COFFEY, SCOTT;   787 words ...Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule, by Griffith Edwards. London, England...pages, 7.99 [pounds sterling] (paper). Throughout history alcohol has played a significant role in religious and social events...has caused or exacerbated tragedies too numerous to list. Alcohol has played multiple roles within the ...

Every day more than 70 victims seek help after alcohol-fuelled attacks

The Scotsman;  December 28, 2006 ;   Eben Harrell and Michael Howie;   787 words ...ALCOHOL-FUELLED violence is responsible for nearly 30,000 admissions...seeking treatment for injuries picked up as a result of alcohol-related assaults, according to research conducted by NHS...involving guns. In 73 per cent of cases drink was to blame. Alcohol was also a contributory factor in three of 264 ...

The relationship between prospective self-rating of alcohol sensitivity...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  May 1, 2007 ;   Ray, Lara A. Meskew-Stacer, Shaneen Hutchinson, Kent E.;   787 words ...ALCOHOL SENSITIVITY AND ALCOHOL CRAVING represent two important theoretical constructs in the alcoholism literature. It is widely recognized that the way individuals experience the effects of alcohol may influence their pattern of use (Schuckit...

Familial and "on-the-street" risk factors associated with alcohol use...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  January 1, 2002 ;   McMorris, Barbara J. Tyler, Kimberly A. Whitbeck, Les B. Hoyt, Dan R.;   787 words ...ALCOHOL USE MAY SERVE a number of functions for members of a vulnerable...adolescents. Victimization research posits that youth may turn to alcohol as a coping strategy to help deal with childhood trauma...al., 2000; Hawke et al., 2000; Kilpatrick et al., 2000). Alcohol use may also represent another ...