Alcohol Drinking - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Were our forebears aware of prenatal alcohol exposure and its effects? A review of the history of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

11 May 2009 Many historical records have been taken out of context when reviewing the history of prenatal alcohol exposure, and the impacts of these histories on modern-day FASD research have been overestimated. Historical records, as early as biblical times, ... Read more...

Homicide in Chicago from 1890 to 1930: prohibition and its impact on alcohol- and non-alcohol-related homicides.

27 Feb 2009 AIM: The aim of the current paper is to examine the impact of the enactment of constitutional prohibition in the United States in 1920 on total homicides, alcohol-related homicides and non-alcohol-related homicides in Chicago. DESIGN: Data are drawn ... Read more...

A dialogical exploration of the grey zone of health and illness: medical science, anthropology, and Plato on alcohol consumption.

20 Feb 2009 This paper takes a phenomenological hermeneutic orientation to explicate and explore the notion of the grey zone of health and illness and seeks to develop the concept through an examination of the case of alcohol consumption. The grey zone is an ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alcohol Drinking - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Were our forebears aware of prenatal alcohol exposure and its effects? A review of the history of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 11 May 2009
• Homicide in Chicago from 1890 to 1930: prohibition and its impact on alcohol- and non-alcohol-related homicides. 27 Feb 2009
• A dialogical exploration of the grey zone of health and illness: medical science, anthropology, and Plato on alcohol consumption. 20 Feb 2009
• [History of the usage of chosen psychoactive substances] 30 Dec 2008
• Effects of alcohol on atrial fibrillation: myths and truths. 19 Aug 2008
• An unsuitable and degraded diet? Part two: realities of the mid-Victorian diet. 29 Jun 2008
• Benjamin Franklin's risk factors for gout and stones: from genes and diet to possible lead poisoning. 30 May 2008
• The taint of insanity. 30 May 2008
• A few too many: is there hope for the hung over? 24 May 2008
• [The medical history of Edgar Allan Poe] 13 Nov 2007
• Russian alcohol policy in the making. 28 May 2007
• [Brown's incitability study on the faculty of medicine in Pest--Samuel Rácz and the Hungarian Brownists.] 9 Feb 2007
• Alcohol habits in Sweden during 1997-2005 measured with the AUDIT. 30 Dec 2006
• A century of research. 30 Dec 2006
• Mother and child care in art. 30 Dec 2006
• [Cultural history of wine] 27 Oct 2006
• Are you a closet Fabian? Licensing schemes then and now. 29 Jun 2006
• Genevieve Knupfer, 1914-2005: turning presumption into researchable questions. 29 Apr 2006
• Are U.S. women drinking less (or more)? Historical and aging trends, 1981-2001. 29 Apr 2006
• Conversation with Joseph Gusfield. 30 Mar 2006

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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)