Alcoholic Beverages
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Driving after binge drinking.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Although binge drinking is strongly associated with alcohol-impaired driving, little is known about the prevalence of or risk factors for driving after binge drinking. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of, ... Read more...

Alcohol cardio-protection has been talked up.

23 Sep 2009 Doctors have been promoting alcohol as a health tonic for a very long time. The last 30 years has seen the accumulation of a considerable medical literature investigating the potential role of alcohol use as a protection against coronary heart ... Read more...

Identification and characterization of a psychrophilic yeast strain newly isolated from the fermentative starter (Loog-pang) of a traditional drink in Thailand.

30 Aug 2009 One psychrophilic yeast strain, that grew well in a cold environment such as in a refrigerator, was isolated from the yeast starter (Loog-pang) of a traditional alcohol drink in Thailand. The isolated strain OPU-FC11 was identified as Cryptococcus ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alcoholic Beverages'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Driving after binge drinking. 29 Sep 2009
• Cocktail paralysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Alcohol cardio-protection has been talked up. 23 Sep 2009
• For public health doctors, alcohol is the new tobacco. 23 Sep 2009
• Reducing harm from alcohol: what about unrecorded products? 17 Sep 2009
• Alcohol and social marketing. 6 Sep 2009
• Identification and characterization of a psychrophilic yeast strain newly isolated from the fermentative starter (Loog-pang) of a traditional drink in Thailand. 30 Aug 2009
• Selection and socialization of risky drinking during the college transition: The importance of microenvironments associated with specific living units. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of research in the failure of the alcopops excise in Australia: what have we learned? 15 Aug 2009
• Headspace solid-phase microextraction for the determination of volatile organic sulphur and selenium compounds in beers, wines and spirits using gas chromatography and atomic emission detection. 11 Aug 2009
• Specialist alcohol treatment services fail to meet need in Scotland. 8 Aug 2009
• Alcohol advertising during televised sports and alcohol consumption by adolescents. 3 Aug 2009
• Determination of purine contents of alcoholic beverages using high performance liquid chromatography. 30 Jul 2009
• Per capita alcohol consumption and suicide rates in the U.S., 1950-2002. 30 Jul 2009
• Alcohol excise taxes. 30 Jul 2009
• A day at the races: does alcohol strength make a difference? 30 Jul 2009
• UK government may consider minimum price for alcohol. 18 Jul 2009
• [Alcohol consumption among adolescents in Germany. Results of EsKiMo] 29 Jun 2009
• Warnings on alcohol containers and advertisements: international experience and evidence on effects. 29 Jun 2009
• Large drinks are no mistake: glass size, not shape, affects alcoholic beverage drink pours. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Alcoholic Beverages'

Definition: Drinkable liquids containing ETHANOL.

Descriptor UI: D000434

Alternative terms: Alcoholic Beverages; Alcoholic Beverage; Beverage, Alcoholic; Beverages, Alcoholic;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; classification; economics; history; microbiology; parasitology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; toxicity; utilization; statistics & numerical data; virology;

Tree Number: J02.200.100;

Technical Notes: GEN; BEER & WINE are available; chronic consumption of alcoholic bev = ALCOHOLISM