Research Catalog

Title

Alcohol : science, policy and public health / edited by Peter Boyle ... [et al.].

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Boyle, P. (Peter)

Description

xx, 424 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

From the cover. Alcohol has always been an issue in public health but it is currently assuming increasing importance as a cause of disease and premature death worldwide. Alcohol: Science, Policy, and Public Health provides an interdisciplinary source of information that links together the usually separate fields of science, policy, and public health. This comprehensive volume highlights the importance of bringing scientific knowledge to bear in order to strengthen and develop alcohol public policy. The book looks at the historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society, key early studies of alcohol and disease, and the cultural and social aspects of alcohol consumption. It covers the chemistry and biology of alcohol, patterns of consumption, gender and age-related issues, alcohol and injury, alcohol and cancer and non-malignant disease, and the various therapeutic aspects of alcohol. The book concludes with a section on alcohol policy, looking at issues of poverty, the availability of alcohol, and alcohol control measures. This major reference, written by international leaders in the fields of alcoholism and alcohol policy, provides a comprehensive study of one of the foremost health problems in the world, and represents the highest standards of research within the field. It will be valuable to physicians and health professionals involved with patients with alcohol-related problems, scientists, public health specialists, health policy specialists, researchers and legislators, as well as students of public health.

Subject

• Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialpolitik
• Gesundheitsschaden
• Gesundheitspolitik
• Alkoholmissbrauch
• Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Health aspects
• Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Social aspects
• Alcohol > Physiological effect
• Alcoholism
• Alcohol > Law and legislation
• Alcohol / Law and legislation
• Alcohol / Physiological effect
• Alcoholism
• Drinking of alcoholic beverages / Health aspects
• Drinking of alcoholic beverages / Social aspects
• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Drinking > physiopathology
• Alcohol-Related Disorders
• Alcoholic Beverages > adverse effects
• Public Policy

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society / David J. Hanson -- 2. Key studies of alcohol and disease / Jürgen Rehm and Kevin D. Shield -- 3. Cultural aspects: representations of alcohol in visual art / James Harris -- 4. Cultural aspects: illustrations of alcohol use in literature / Anya Taylor -- 5. Cultural aspects: alcohol use in film / July Cornes -- 6. Sociocultural aspects of alcohol consumption / Robin Room -- 7. Chemistry of alcoholic beverages / Laurence I. Peterson -- 8. Alcohol metabolism and genetic control / Philip J. Brooks and Samir Zakhari -- 9. Implications of the genetics of alcoholism and addictions for public policy / David Goldman -- 10. Pathophysiology of alcohol addiction / Wolfgang H. Sommer -- 11. Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addiction / Wade Berrettini -- 12. Tools for estimating alcohol consumption / Gerhard Gmel, Kevin D. Shield, and Jürgen Rehm --^
• 13. A global overview of alcohol consumption patterns / Gerhard Gmel, Florian Labhart, Kevin D. Shield, Margaret Rylett, Dirk W. Lachenmeier, and Jürgen Rehm -- 14. Impact of extreme drinking on mortality / David Zaridze -- 15. Unrecorded alcohol consumption / Dirk W. Lachenmeier, Gerhard Gmel and Jürgen Rehm -- 16. Adolescent and teenage drinking / Ralph W. Hingson and Aaron M. White -- 17. Gender and alcohol: consumption and consequences / Richard W. Wilsnack and Sharon C. Wilsnack -- 18. Alcohol use in the elderly / Jennifer G. Plebani, David W. Oslin, and Adam B. Lipson -- 19. Alcohol consumption and injury / Scott Macdonald, Alissa Greer, Jeffrey R. Brubacher, Cheryl Cherpitel, Tim Stockwell and Corneilia Zeisser -- 20. Alcohol and road traffic injury -- James C. Fell and Robert B. Voas -- 21. Alcohol and suicide / Alexander E. Crosby, Victoria Espitia-Hardeman, La Vonne Ortega, and Briana Lozano -- 22. Alcohol and intimate partner violence / Megan R. Gerber --^
• 23. Alcohol and crime / Stephen K. Talpins, Robyn Robertson, Erin Holmes and Matthew Dunagan -- 24. Alcohol and carcinogenesis: mechanisms and biomarkers / C.J. Peter Eriksson -- 25. Upper aerodigestive tumours: mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus / Mia Hashibe, Binh Y. Goldstein, Lin Cai, and Zuo-Feng Zhang -- 26. Gastrointestinal tumours / David Zaridze -- 27. Liver and pancreatic tumours / Patrick Maisonneuve -- 28. Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk / Peter Boyle -- 29. Bladder and genitourinary tumours / Claudio Pelucchi and Carlotta Galeone -- 30. Cardiac disease / William H. Frishman -- 31. Vascular disease / Kenneth J. Mukamal -- 32. Benign diseases of the gastrointestinal tract / Julia B. Greer and Dhiraj Yadav -- 33. Liver disease / Michael H. Miller, Frank Sullivan, and John F. Dillon -- 34. Pancreatitis / Dhiraj Yadav -- 35. Diabetes / Dolly Baliunas -- 36. Neurological and mental disorders / Tarakad S. Ramachandran --^
• 37. Infectious disease / Andriy V. Samokhvalov, Paul A. Shuper, and Jürgen Rehm -- 38. Alcohol and pregnancy: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the fetal alcohol syndrome / Kenneth R. Warren and Margaret M. Murray -- 39. Screening of high-risk drinkers / Amy O'Donnell and Eileen Kaner -- 40. Brief intervention: does it work? / Eileen Kaner and Amy O'Donnell -- 41. Drug therapy: reviewing the evidence / Michael Soyka -- 42. The private sector and public: can they be reconciled? / Paul Miller and Marjana Martinic -- 43. Impact of alcohol on poverty and the need for appropriate policy / Aneel Karnani -- 44. Control of alcohol availability: historical and current policies and their effects / Esa Österberg -- 45. Taxation and price control / Michael Livingston -- 46. Alcohol control measures and traffic safety / Christine M. Wickens, Robert E. Mann, Gina Stoduto, Rosely Flam-Zalcman and Jennifer Butters -- 47. Public information and education campaigns / Claire Wilkinson --^
• 48. Towards a global alcohol policy: current directions / Harry Burns.

ISBN

• 9780199655786 (hbk.)
• 0199655782 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2013427121

OCLC

• 819519256
• SCSB-10738884

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library