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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyle, P. (Peter), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Health aspects.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects.

Alcohol--Physiological effect.

Alcohol.

Alcoholism.

Alcohol--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 alcoholpublic policy.The book looks at the historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society, key early studies of alcohol and d

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I Framing the issues; 1 Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society; 2 Key studies of alcohol and disease; 3 Cultural aspects: representations of alcohol use in visual art; 4 Cultural aspects: illustrations of alcohol use in literature; 5 Cultural aspects: alcohol use in film; 6 Sociocultural aspects of alcohol consumption; Part II Alcohol: chemistry and biology; 7 Chemistry of alcoholic beverages; 8 Alcohol metabolism and genetic control

9 Implications of the genetics of alcoholism and addictions for public policy10 Pathophysiology of alcohol addiction; 11 Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addiction; Part III Patterns of consumption; 12 Tools for estimating alcohol consumption; 13 A global overview of alcohol consumption patterns; 14 Impact of extreme drinking on mortality; 15 Unrecorded alcohol consumption; Part IV Alcohol: gender and age-related issues; 16 Adolescent and teenage drinking; 17 Gender and alcohol: consumption and consequences; 18 Alcohol use in the elderly; Part V Alcohol, injury, and violence

19 Alcohol consumption and injury20 Alcohol and road traffic injury; 21 Alcohol and suicide; 22 Alcohol and intimate partner violence; 23 Alcohol and crime; Part VI Alcohol and cancer; 24 Alcohol and carcinogenesis: mechanisms and biomarkers; 25 Upper aerodigestive tumours: mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus; 26 Gastrointestinal tumours; 27 Liver and pancreatic tumours; 28 Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk; 29 Bladder and genitourinary tumours; Part VII Alcohol and non-malignant disease; 30 Cardiac disease; 31 Vascular disease; 32 Benign diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

33 Liver disease34 Pancreatitis; 35 Diabetes; 36 Neurological and mental disorders; 37 Infectious disease; 38 Alcohol and pregnancy: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the fetal alcohol syndrome; Part VIII Therapeutic aspects: current approaches; 39 Screening of high-risk drinkers; 40 Brief intervention: does it work?; 41 Drug therapy: reviewing the evidence; Part IX Alcohol policy; 42 The private sector and public policy: can they be reconciled?; 43 Impact of alcohol on poverty and the need for appropriate policy

44 Control of alcohol availability: historical and current policies and their effects45 Taxation and price control; 46 Alcohol control measures and traffic safety; 47 Public information and education campaigns; 48 Towards a global alcohol policy: current directions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-166535-5

0-19-166534-7

1-299-75348-5

OCLC:

836401976