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Summary
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 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 then goes on to cover 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 various current therapeutic aspects. 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.
Author Notes
Peter Boyle is President of the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France. Paolo Boffetta is Vice President for Research at the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France. Albert B. Lowenfels is Professor of Surgery and Community and Preventive Medicine at New York Medical College, New York, USA. Harry Burns is Chief Medical Officer with the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Otis Brawley is Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society, Emory University, Atlanta, US. Witold Zatonski is Professor of Epidemiology at the Marie Skodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre in Warsaw, Poland. Jürgen Rehm is Director, Social and Epidemiological Research (SER) Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and Senior Scientist and Head, Population Health Research Group, CAMH, Toronto, Canada.
Table of Contents
Preface |
Acknowledgements |
Contributors |
I Framing the issues |
1 Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in societyDavid J. Hanson |
2 Key studies of alcohol and diseaseJurgen Rehm and Kevin Shield |
3 Cultural aspects: Representations of alcohol use in visual artJames C. Harris |
4 Cultural aspects: Illustrations of alcohol use in literatureAnya Taylor |
5 Cultural aspects: Alcohol use in filmJudy Cornes |
6 Sociocultural aspects of alcohol consumptionRobin Room |
II Alcohol: chemistry and biology |
7 Chemistry of alcoholic beveragesLaurence I. Peterson |
8 Alcohol metabolism and genetic controlPhilip J. Brooks and Samir Zakhari |
9 Implications of the genetics of alcoholism and addictions for public policyDavid Goldman |
10 Pathophysiology of alcohol addictionWolfgang H. Sommer |
11 Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addictionWade Berrettini and Karl E. Rickels |
III Patterns of consumption |
12 Tools for estimating alcohol consumptionGerhard Gmel and Kevin Shield and Jurgen Rehm |
13 A global overview of alcohol consumption patternsGerhard Gmel and Florian Labhart and Kevin Shield and Marg Rylett and Dirk Lachenmeier and Jurgen Rehm |
14 Impact of extreme drinking on mortalityDavid Zaridze |
15 Unrecorded alcohol consumptionDirk W. Lachenmeier and Gerhard Gmel and Jurgen Rehm |
IV Alcohol: gender and age-related issues |
16 Adolescent and teenage drinkingRalph W. Hingson and Aaron M. White |
17 Gender and alcohol: consumption and consequencesRichard W. Wilsnack and Sharon C. Wilsnack |
18 Alcohol use in the elderlyJennifer G. Plebani and David W. Oslin and Adam B. Lipson |
V Alcohol, injury, and violence |
19 Alcohol consumption and injuryScott Macdonald and Alissa Greer and Jeff Brubacher and Cheryl Cherpitel and Tim Stockwell and Corneilia Zeisser |
20 Alcohol and road traffic injuryJames C. Fell and Robert B. Voas |
21 Alcohol and suicideAlex E. Crosby and Victoria Espitia-Hardeman and LaVonne Ortega and Briana Lozano |
22 Alcohol and intimate partner violenceMegan R. Gerber |
23 Violence and crimeStephen K. Talpins and Robyn Robertson and Erin Holmes and Matthew Dunagan |
VI Alcohol and cancer |
24 Alcohol and carcinogenesis: mechanisms and biomarkersCJ Peter Eriksson |
25 Upper aerodigestive tumours: mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagusMia Hashibe and Binh Y. Goldstein and Lin Cai and Zuo-Feng Zhang |
26 Gastrointestinal tumoursDavid Zaridze |
27 Liver and pancreatic tumoursPatrick Maisonneuve |
28 Alcohol consumption and breast cancer riskPeter Boyle |
29 Bladder and genitourinary tumoursClaudio Pelucchi and Carlotta Galeone |
VII Alcohol and non-malignant disease |
30 Cardiac diseaseWilliam H. Frishman |
31 Vascular diseaseKenneth J. Mukamal |
32 Benign diseases of the gastrointestinal tractJulia B. Greer and Dhiraj Yadav |
33 Liver diseaseMichael H. Miller and Frank Sullivan and John F. Dillon |
34 PancreatitisDhiraj Yadav |
35 DiabetesDolly Baliunas |
36 Neurological and mental disordersTarakad S. Ramachandran |
37 Infectious diseaseAndriy V.Samokhvalov and Paul A. Shuper and Jurgen Rehm |
38 Alcohol and pregnancy: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the fetal alcohol syndromeKenneth R. Warren and Margaret M. Murray |
VIII Therapeutic aspects: current approaches |
39 Screening of high-risk drinkersAmy O'Donnell and Eileen Kaner |
40 Brief intervention: does it work?Eileen Kaner and Amy O'Donnell |
41 Drug therapy: reviewing the evidenceMichael Soyka |
IX Alcohol policy |
42 The private sector and public policy: can they be reconciled?Paul Miller and Marjana Martinic |
43 Impact of alcohol on poverty and the need for appropriate policyAneel Karnani |
44 Control of alcohol availability: historical and current policies and their effectsEsa Osterberg |
45 Taxation and price controlMichael Livingston |
46 Alcohol control measures and traffic safetyChristine M. Wickens and Robert E. Mann and Gina Stoduto and Rosely Flam-Zalcman and Jennifer Butters |
47 Public information and education campaignsClaire Wilkinson |
48 Public information and education campaignsHarry Burns |