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

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

xx, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

1st ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.