Alcohol Drinking - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England.

11 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from birth to age 2 years, whether recent advice has been followed, whether any new risk factors have emerged, and the specific circumstances in which SIDS ... Read more...

Civilian aviation fatalities involving pilot ethanol and a previous record of substance abuse.

29 Sep 2009 INTRODUCTION: Pilots are subject to the same temptations as the general population, but due to the demands of flying, the use of ethanol or other impairing substances are more likely to have severe consequences. The Federal Aviation Administration ... Read more...

Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examines differences in Chinese high school students' alcohol expectancies by drinking status (nondrinker, occasional drinker, regular drinker) and gender (male, female). METHOD: The authors administered the Chinese Adolescent ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alcohol Drinking - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Relationship between alcohol consumption and total mortality in hypertensive women. 30 Oct 2009
• Alcohol consumption and morning rise in blood pressure in men from a population-based study. 30 Oct 2009
• Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England. 11 Oct 2009
• Civilian aviation fatalities involving pilot ethanol and a previous record of substance abuse. 29 Sep 2009
• Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China. 29 Sep 2009
• Lifecourse socio-economic mobility and oral health in middle age. 29 Sep 2009
• Human papillomavirus reduces the prognostic value of nodal involvement in tonsillar squamous cell carcinomas. 29 Sep 2009
• Alcohol misuse among the elderly: an opportunity for prevention. 29 Sep 2009
• Toward national estimates of alcohol use disorders among drivers: results from the National Roadside Survey Pilot Program. 29 Sep 2009
• Alcohol and injury: a survey in primary care settings. 23 Sep 2009
• Alcohol-related harm to others: a survey of physical and sexual assault in New Zealand. 23 Sep 2009
• For public health doctors, alcohol is the new tobacco. 23 Sep 2009
• Did alcohol protect against death from breast cancer in Russia? 17 Sep 2009
• A developmental twin study of church attendance and alcohol and nicotine consumption: a model for analyzing the changing impact of genes and environment. 13 Sep 2009
• Randomized controlled trial of proactive web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for university students. 12 Sep 2009
• Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst same-sex attracted women: results from the Western Australian Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and Well-Being Survey. 31 Aug 2009
• Self-report of alcohol use for pain in a multi-ethnic community sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Women, alcohol, and the military: cultural changes and reductions in later alcohol problems among female veterans. 30 Aug 2009
• Analysis of item response and differential item functioning of alcohol expectancies in middle school youths. 30 Aug 2009
• Does drinking lead to sex? Daily alcohol-sex behaviors and expectancies among college students. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Alcohol Drinking'

Definition: Behaviors associated with the ingesting of alcoholic beverages, including social drinking.

Descriptor UI: D000428

Alternative terms: Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Consumption; Consumption, Alcohol; Drinking, Alcohol;

Related Mesh Headings: Alcoholism; Temperance;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug therapy; economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; history; immunology; legislation & jurisprudence; metabolism; mortality; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; therapy; trends; urine;

Tree Number: F01.145.317.269;

History Note: 69

Technical Notes: drunkenness = ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION but binge drinking & acute alcohol intox = ETHANOL /pois; chronic alcohol consumption = ALCOHOLISM; TEMPERANCE is available for "abstinence from alcohol" but do not confuse with alcohol withdrawal (see note under ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM & SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME)