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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society
- Chapter 2 Key studies of alcohol and disease
- Chapter 3 Cultural aspects: representations of alcohol use in visual art
- Chapter 4 Cultural aspects: illustrations of alcohol use in literature
- Chapter 5 Cultural aspects: alcohol use in film
- Chapter 6 Sociocultural aspects of alcohol consumption
- Chapter 7 Chemistry of alcoholic beverages
- Chapter 8 Alcohol metabolism and genetic control
- Chapter 9 Implications of the genetics of alcoholism and addictions for public policy
- Chapter 10 Pathophysiology of alcohol addiction
- Chapter 11 Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addiction
- Chapter 12 Tools for estimating alcohol consumption
- Chapter 13 A global overview of alcohol consumption patterns
- Chapter 14 Impact of extreme drinking on mortality
- Chapter 15 Unrecorded alcohol consumption
- Chapter 16 Adolescent and teenage drinking
- Chapter 17 Gender and alcohol: consumption and consequences
- Chapter 18 Alcohol use in the elderly
- Chapter 19 Alcohol consumption and injury
- Chapter 20 Alcohol and road traffic injury
- Chapter 21 Alcohol and suicide
- Chapter 22 Alcohol and intimate partner violence
- Chapter 23 Alcohol and crime
- Chapter 24 Alcohol and carcinogenesis: mechanisms and biomarkers
- Chapter 25 Upper aerodigestive tumours: mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus
- Chapter 26 Gastrointestinal tumours
- Chapter 27 Liver and pancreatic tumours
- Chapter 28 Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk
- Chapter 29 Bladder and genitourinary tumours
- Chapter 30 Cardiac disease
- Chapter 31 Vascular disease
- Chapter 32 Benign diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- Chapter 33 Liver disease
- Chapter 34 Pancreatitis
- Chapter 35 Diabetes
- Chapter 36 Neurological and mental disorders
- Chapter 37 Infectious disease
- Chapter 38 Alcohol and pregnancy: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the fetal alcohol syndrome
- Chapter 39 Screening of high-risk drinkers
- Chapter 40 Brief intervention: does it work?
- Chapter 41 Drug therapy: reviewing the evidence
- Chapter 42 The private sector and public policy: can they be reconciled?
- Chapter 43 Impact of alcohol on poverty and the need for appropriate policy
- Chapter 44 Control of alcohol availability: historical and current policies and their effects
- Chapter 45 Taxation and price control
- Chapter 46 Alcohol control measures and traffic safety
- Chapter 47 Public information and education campaigns
- Chapter 48 Towards a global alcohol policy: current directions
- Index
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Chapter 1 Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society
- Chapter 2 Key studies of alcohol and disease
- Chapter 3 Cultural aspects: representations of alcohol use in visual art
- Chapter 4 Cultural aspects: illustrations of alcohol use in literature
- Chapter 5 Cultural aspects: alcohol use in film
- Chapter 6 Sociocultural aspects of alcohol consumption
- Chapter 7 Chemistry of alcoholic beverages
- Chapter 8 Alcohol metabolism and genetic control
- Chapter 9 Implications of the genetics of alcoholism and addictions for public policy
- Chapter 10 Pathophysiology of alcohol addiction
- Chapter 11 Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addiction
- Chapter 12 Tools for estimating alcohol consumption
- Chapter 13 A global overview of alcohol consumption patterns
- Chapter 14 Impact of extreme drinking on mortality
- Chapter 15 Unrecorded alcohol consumption
- Chapter 16 Adolescent and teenage drinking
- Chapter 17 Gender and alcohol: consumption and consequences
- Chapter 18 Alcohol use in the elderly
- Chapter 19 Alcohol consumption and injury
- Chapter 20 Alcohol and road traffic injury
- Chapter 21 Alcohol and suicide
- Chapter 22 Alcohol and intimate partner violence
- Chapter 23 Alcohol and crime
- Chapter 24 Alcohol and carcinogenesis: mechanisms and biomarkers
- Chapter 25 Upper aerodigestive tumours: mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus
- Chapter 26 Gastrointestinal tumours
- Chapter 27 Liver and pancreatic tumours
- Chapter 28 Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk
- Chapter 29 Bladder and genitourinary tumours
- Chapter 30 Cardiac disease
- Chapter 31 Vascular disease
- Chapter 32 Benign diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- Chapter 33 Liver disease
- Chapter 34 Pancreatitis
- Chapter 35 Diabetes
- Chapter 36 Neurological and mental disorders
- Chapter 37 Infectious disease
- Chapter 38 Alcohol and pregnancy: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the fetal alcohol syndrome
- Chapter 39 Screening of high-risk drinkers
- Chapter 40 Brief intervention: does it work?
- Chapter 41 Drug therapy: reviewing the evidence
- Chapter 42 The private sector and public policy: can they be reconciled?
- Chapter 43 Impact of alcohol on poverty and the need for appropriate policy
- Chapter 44 Control of alcohol availability: historical and current policies and their effects
- Chapter 45 Taxation and price control
- Chapter 46 Alcohol control measures and traffic safety
- Chapter 47 Public information and education campaigns
- Chapter 48 Towards a global alcohol policy: current directions
- Index