Alcohol consumption and rates of alcoholism in Greece
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1980 It appears that the incidence of alcoholism is relatively low in Greece, in spite of high consumption of alcohol and absence of restrictive measures for its use. This may be related to the traditional integration of alcohol use in the social ritualistic structures and to family and social support of susceptible individuals in the small Greek ...
LIAKOS, A, MADIANOS, M, STEFANIS, C
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Young men's ambivalence toward alcohol [PDF]
, 2007 There is widespread concern about the health and social consequences of excessive alcohol consumption among young men. Interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm will be affected by ambivalence toward alcohol, because ambivalent attitudes are worse ...
de Visser, Richard O, Smith, Jonathan A
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Alcohol consumption and suicide [PDF]
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2005 About 90% of people in Western countries use alcohol at some time in their lives, and 40% experience temporary or permanent alcohol-related impairment in some area of life as a result of drinking. Multiple sociocultural and environmental factors influence suicide rates, and thus studies conducted in one nation are not always applicable to other nations.
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The politics of alcohol policy in Nigeria: a critical analysis of how and why brewers use strategic ambiguity to supplant policy initiatives [PDF]
, 2013 The global call by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to control the rising alcohol-related problems caused by harmful consumption through policy became necessary in 2005 due to the recognition of the fact that many countries did not have alcohol policies ...
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Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption. [PDF]
, 2001 STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. DESIGN: Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data.
Britton, A, McPherson, K
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Factors associated with alcohol reduction in harmful and hazardous drinkers following alcohol brief intervention in Scotland: a qualitative enquiry [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) uses a motivational counselling approach to support individuals to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. There is growing evidence on ABI’s use within various health care settings, although how they work and
AC Mcfarlane +21 more
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Maternal alcohol consumption [PDF]
London Journal of Primary Care, 2009 Background Despite decades of research, the aetiology of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD) remains largely unknown. Next to a strong genetic component, increasing evidence suggests additional adverse impact of environmental factors, two of which have, although controversially, withstood meta-analysis: gestational exposure to smoking (
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Voluntary temporary abstinence from alcohol during “Dry January” and subsequent alcohol use [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: Temporary abstinence from alcohol may convey physiological benefits and enhance well-being. The aim of this study was to address a lack of information about: (1) correlates of successful completion of a planned period of abstinence, and (2 ...
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Reasons why people change their alcohol consumption in later life: findings from the Whitehall II Cohort Study. [PDF]
, 2015 Harmful alcohol consumption among the ageing population is an important public health issue. Very few studies ask drinkers why they change their consumption in later life.
Bell, S, Britton, A
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