Edited by Jürgen Rehm, Ph.D., and Ralph Hingson, Sc.D.
Alcohol use is associated with tremendous costs to the drinker, those around him or her, and society as a whole. These costs result from the increased health risks (both physical and mental) associated with alcohol consumption as well as from the social harms caused by alcohol. This issue of Alcohol Research: Current Reviews examines the public health impact of alcohol consumption, looking at the full burden of disease that can be attributed to drinking.
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117 Editors’ Note [PDF]
120 In This Issue [PDF]
122 Measuring the Burden: Alcohol’s Evolving Impact [PDF]
Ralph hingson, Sc.D., and Jürgen Rehm, Ph.D.
128 Using Surveys to Calculate Disability-Adjusted Life-Years [PDF]
Wolfgang Wiedermann, Ph.D., and Ulrich Frick, Ph.D.
135 Community Indicators: Assessing the Impact of Alcohol Use on Communities [PDF]
Andrea Flynn, Ph.D., and Samantha Wells, Ph.D.
150 Focus on: The Burden of Alcohol Use—Trauma and Emergency Outcomes [PDF]
Cheryl J. Cherpitel, Dr.P.H.
155 Chronic Diseases and Conditions Related to Alcohol Use [PDF]
Kevin D. Shield, M.H.Sc.; Charles Parry, Ph.D.; and Jürgen Rehm, Ph.D.
174 Alcohol and Mortality: Global Alcohol-Attributable Deaths From Cancer, Liver Cirrhosis, and Injury in 2010 [PDF]
Jürgen Rehm, Ph.D., and Kevin D. Shield, M.H.Sc.
184 APIS: The NIAAA Alcohol Policy Information System [PDF]
Michael Hilton, Ph.D.
186 The Burden of Alcohol Use: Focus on Children and Preadolescents [PDF]
John E. Donovan, Ph.D.
193 Prevalence and Predictors of Adolescent Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the United States [PDF]
Megan E. Patrick, Ph.D., and John E. Schulenberg, Ph.D.
201 The Burden of Alcohol Use: Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Consequences Among College Students [PDF]
Aaron White, Ph.D., and Ralph Hingson, Sc.D.
219 Focus On: Women and the Costs of Alcohol Use [PDF]
Sharon C. Wilsnack, Ph.D.; Richard W. Wilsnack, Ph.D.; and Lori Wolfgang Kantor, M.A.
229 Focus On: Ethnicity and the Social and Health Harms From Drinking [PDF]
Karen G. Chartier, Ph.D.; Patrice A.C. Vaeth, Dr.P.H.; and Raul Caetano, M.D., Ph.D.
238 Gaps in Clinical Prevention and Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders: Costs, Consequences, and Strategies [PDF]
Mark L. Willenbring, M.D.
244 The World Health Organization’s Global Monitoring System on Alcohol and Health [PDF]
Vladimir Poznyak, M.D., Ph.D.; Alexandra Fleischmann, Ph.D.; Dag
Rekve, MS.c.; Margaret Rylett, M.A.; Jürgen Rehm, Ph.D., and Gerhard
Gmel, Ph.D.
250 Measuring
the Burden—Current and Future Research Trends: Results From the NIAAA
Expert Panel on Alcohol and Chronic Disease Epidemiology [PDF]
Rosalind A. Breslow, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., and Kenneth J. Mukamal, M.D.
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