Aims

To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Vol 2, No 1 (2013) Special Issue: Global burden of alcohol consumption and policy implications: A focus on infectious diseases



 

 

 

 

 


Table of Contents

Editorials

The comparative risk assessment for alcohol as part of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study: What changed from the last study?PDF
Jürgen Rehm, Ph.D., Guilherme Borges, Gerhard Gmel, Kate Graham, Bridget Grant, Charles Parry, Vladimir Poznyak, Robin Room

Commentary

Alcohol as a public health risk: New evidence demands a stronger global responsePDF
Robin Room

Papers

Global burden of tuberculosis and lower respiratory infections attributable to alcohol consumption in 2004PDF
Kevin David Shield, Andriy V Samokhvalov, Jürgen Rehm
Global burden of HIV/AIDS in 2004 resulting from alcohol attributable non-adherence to medication regimesPDF
Kevin David Shield, Paul A Shuper, Gerrit Gmel, Jürgen Rehm
Elasticity of alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harms, and drinking initiation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysisPDF
Bundit Sornpaisarn, Kevin Shield, Joanna Cohen, Robert Schwartz, Jürgen Rehm

Other Papers

A comparison of alcohol measures as predictors of psychological distress in the New Zealand populationPDF
James Addison Foulds, J Elisabeth Wells, Cameron James Lacey, Simon J Adamson, J Douglas Sellman, Roger Tony Mulder
Patron offending and intoxication in night-time entertainment districts (POINTED): A study protocolPDF
Peter Miller, Amy Pennay, Rebecca Jenkinson, Nicolas Droste, Tanya Chikritzhs, Stephen Tomsen, Phillip Wadds, Sandra Jones, Darren Palmer, Lance Barrie, Dan Lubman
What happened to alcohol consumption and problems in the Nordic countries when alcohol taxes were decreased and borders opened?PDF
Robin Room, Kim Bloomfield, Gerhard Gmel, Ulrike Grittner, Nina-Katri Gustafsson, Pia Mäkelä, Esa Österberg, Mats Ramstedt, Jürgen Rehm, Matthias Wicki
Alcohol consumption among Chilean adolescents: Examining individual, peer, parenting and environmental factorsPDF
Guillermo Enrique Sanhueza, Jorge Delva, Cristina Bares, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
An update on alcohol use and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: Meta-analysis and future research directionsPDF
Sarah E Woolf-King, Craig M Steinmaus, Arthur L Reingold, Judith A Hahn 
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