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Epidemiology of Alcoholism

Epidemiology of Alcoholism Alcohol Consumption and Disease Associated with It Chairman: C den Hartog, Rijswijk Second European Nutrition Conference, Munich 1976 Nutr. Metab. 21: 144 -152 (1977) Epidemiology o f Alcoholism 1 Leonard Goldberg Department o f Alcohol Research, Karolinska Instituted Stockholm K e y Words. Alcoholism • Epidemiology • Society Alcohol is unique among the many drugs used by mankind in having two main actions. Alcohol has nutritional values and displays metabolic actions in the b od y, directly per se or via its metabolites, or indirectly by influencing other metabolic pathways. Alcohol has also widespread dose-dependent pharmacodynamic actions, the most prominent being on the central nervous system, and on a number o f other systems, from the gastrointestinal tract to hormonal mechanisms, transmitter systems and membrane function. One way o f attempting to elucidate these two main actions, and their pos­ sible interplay under various conditions is to use an epidemiological or ecological approach. This means, in the way these terms may be interpreted today, to discuss the role o f alcohol as an interaction between three groups o f factors, comprised in the terms agent — man - environment. A g en t The agent represents the chemical substance http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism Karger

Epidemiology of Alcoholism

Goldberg, Leonard
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism , Volume 21 (1-3): 9 – Jan 1, 1977
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Karger
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© 1977 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0250-6807
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1421-9697
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10.1159/000175759
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Alcohol Consumption and Disease Associated with It Chairman: C den Hartog, Rijswijk Second European Nutrition Conference, Munich 1976 Nutr. Metab. 21: 144 -152 (1977) Epidemiology o f Alcoholism 1 Leonard Goldberg Department o f Alcohol Research, Karolinska Instituted Stockholm K e y Words. Alcoholism • Epidemiology • Society Alcohol is unique among the many drugs used by mankind in having two main actions. Alcohol has nutritional values and displays metabolic actions in the b od y, directly per se or via its metabolites, or indirectly by influencing other metabolic pathways. Alcohol has also widespread dose-dependent pharmacodynamic actions, the most prominent being on the central nervous system, and on a number o f other systems, from the gastrointestinal tract to hormonal mechanisms, transmitter systems and membrane function. One way o f attempting to elucidate these two main actions, and their pos­ sible interplay under various conditions is to use an epidemiological or ecological approach. This means, in the way these terms may be interpreted today, to discuss the role o f alcohol as an interaction between three groups o f factors, comprised in the terms agent — man - environment. A g en t The agent represents the chemical substance

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Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism – Karger

Published: Jan 1, 1977

Keywords: Society; Alcoholism; Epidemiology

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