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Monday, August 2, 2010

Celebrating 40 Years of Alcohol Research Volume 33, Number 1 & 2, 2010


1 In This Issue [PDF]

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NIAAA: Advancing Alcohol Research for 40 Years [PDF]
Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., and Brenda G. Hewitt

18

Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems Through Health Policy Research [PDF]
Robert B. Voas, Ph.D., and James C. Fell, M.S.

29

Reducing Underage and Young Adult Drinking: How to Address Critical Drinking Problems During This Developmental Period [PDF]
Michael Windle, Ph.D., and Robert A. Zucker, Ph.D.

45

Focus on: College Drinking and Related Problems
Magnitude and Prevention of College Drinking and Related Problems [PDF]
Ralph W. Hingson, SC.D., M.P.H.

55 The Past and Future of Research on Treatment of Alcohol Dependence [PDF]
Mark L. Willenbring, M.D.
64 Genetic Research: Who Is At Risk for Alcoholism? [PDF]
Tatiana Foroud, Ph.D.; Howard J. Edenberg, Ph.D.; and John C. Crabbe, Ph.D.
SPECIAL SECTION: Alcohol and Health
76

Focus On: The Cardiovascular System— What Did We Learn From the French (Paradox)? [PDF]
Daria Mochly-Rosen, Ph.D., and Samir Zakhari, Ph.DF

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Focus On: Alcohol and the Liver [PDF]
Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D., and Pranoti Mandrekar, Ph.D.

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Focus On: Alcohol and the Immune SystemPDF]
Patricia E. Molina, M.D., Ph.D.; Kyle I. Happel, M.D.; Ping Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.; Jay K. Kolls, M.D.; and Steve Nelson, M.D. [

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Focus On: Comorbid Mental Health Disorders [PDF]
Robert M. Anthenelli, M.D.

118 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: From Research to Policy [PDF]
Jennifer D. Thomas, Ph.D.; Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D.; and Brenda G. Hewitt
127 Edith V. Sullivan, Ph.D.; R. Adron Harris, Ph.D.; and Adolf Pfefferbaum, M.D.
144

Focus On: Neuroscience and Treatment
The Potential of Neuroscience to Inform Treatment [PDF]
George F. Koob, Ph.D.

152 Ethnicity and Health Disparities in Alcohol Research [PDF]
Karen Chartier, M.S.W., Ph.D., and Raul Caetano, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
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