Alcohol Health and Research World. Volume 16, No. 3, 1992. Special Focus: Epidemiology in Alcohol Research

摘要

In the discussion of the epidemiology of alcohol research, the following topics are covered: the definition of the goals of epidemiologic research; measurement of alcohol consumption; alcohol-related trauma; psychiatric epidemiologic research in alcoholism; alcohol as a major risk factor for a number of chronic diseases; association between alcohol use and cirrhosis; alcohol involvement in breast and colon cancers; alcohol-related interpersonal violence; effects prenatal exposure to alcohol; and the association of alcohol problems with risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).