Alcohol-related problems in high-risk groups : report on a WHO study / edited by Martin Plant.
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TextSeries: EURO reports and studies ; 109Publication details: Copenhagen : WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1989. Description: 114 pISBN: 9289012757ISSN: 03939529Subject(s): Alcoholism | Alcohol drinking | Risk factors | Finland | France | Germany, Federal Republic of | Netherlands | Spain | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Alcoholism and Drug AbuseNLM classification: WM 274Abstract: Examines the contribution that epidemiological research can make to the identification of social and behavioural factors contributing to alcohol misuse, the clarification of etiological factors involved in alcohol-related disease, and the definition of susceptible groups at special risk. Particular attention is given to the role that epidemiological studies can play in giving policy-makers the hard evidence needed to tackle the problems of alcohol misuse. The book features seven chapters authored by leading European experts in alcohol research and public health. The first and most extensive chapter provides a historical overview of the contribution of epidemiological research to the understanding of alcohol-related problems. Emphasizing methodological issues that have complicated research in this field, the review concentrates on the many lines of investigation and competing theories put forward to explain differences between casual normal drinking and dependent drinking and to account for the fact that some problem drinkers remain alcohol-dependent while others do not. Additional topics include levels of consumption associated with physical or emotional harm and the controversial issue of drinking during pregnancy. The review concludes with a plea for a more realistic view of the results that can be expected from alcohol education. The remaining chapters consist of reports on drinking patterns and related problems as defined through epidemiological studies conducted in six countries representing a varied set of political and cultural contexts. Countries covered include Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the USSR. On the basis of these reports, the book issues conclusions concerning the extent of alcohol-related problems in Europe and the contribution that future epidemiological research can make to the identification of causative factors and the corresponding policy-options for governments.
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ita reproduced in Quaderni di Sanità Pubblica, Anno 14, febbraio 1991, n° 69
Russian version of nos. 92-110 bound together (barcode no. 00073851).
Examines the contribution that epidemiological research can make to the identification of social and behavioural factors contributing to alcohol misuse, the clarification of etiological factors involved in alcohol-related disease, and the definition of susceptible groups at special risk. Particular attention is given to the role that epidemiological studies can play in giving policy-makers the hard evidence needed to tackle the problems of alcohol misuse. The book features seven chapters authored by leading European experts in alcohol research and public health. The first and most extensive chapter provides a historical overview of the contribution of epidemiological research to the understanding of alcohol-related problems. Emphasizing methodological issues that have complicated research in this field, the review concentrates on the many lines of investigation and competing theories put forward to explain differences between casual normal drinking and dependent drinking and to account for the fact that some problem drinkers remain alcohol-dependent while others do not. Additional topics include levels of consumption associated with physical or emotional harm and the controversial issue of drinking during pregnancy. The review concludes with a plea for a more realistic view of the results that can be expected from alcohol education. The remaining chapters consist of reports on drinking patterns and related problems as defined through epidemiological studies conducted in six countries representing a varied set of political and cultural contexts. Countries covered include Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the USSR. On the basis of these reports, the book issues conclusions concerning the extent of alcohol-related problems in Europe and the contribution that future epidemiological research can make to the identification of causative factors and the corresponding policy-options for governments.
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