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Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health
Author(s): Peter Boyle (Editor), Paolo Boffetta (Editor), Albert B. Lowenfels (Editor), Harry Burns (Editor), Otis Brawley (Editor), Witold Zatonski (Editor), Jürgen Rehm (Editor)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 7 Mar. 2013
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199655782
- ISBN-13: 9780199655786
Book Description
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.
