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From:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis article summarizes and puts into context the findings from the five articles contained in this thematic issue. The question of interest has been the connection between different beverage types and alcohol-induced...
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From:Journal of Studies on Alcohol (Vol. 64, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective: This study describes the characteristics of nonrespondents and assesses the impact of unit nonresponse on estimates of central alcohol consumption variables by examining the impact of corrective weighting....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Sergi Trias-Llimós 1,*, Pekka Martikainen 2,3,4, Pia Mäkelä 5, Fanny Janssen 1,6 Introduction Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the major risk factors for morbidity and mortality, and the causal...
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From:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe aim of this study is to examine whether there is evidence of a "taming" of drinking patterns and a decrease in the rate of harms per each liter of alcohol consumed during the time when Finland transformed from a...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground Long-term patterning of non-employment among problem drinkers is poorly understood. We determined the level and timing of non-employment, and the relative contribution of various types of non-employment...
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From:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 30, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA comparison is made of drinking patterns in Finland and Ontario (Canada). Respondents in two existing population surveys, the 1996 Joint Nordic Questionnaire and the 1996 Ontario Drug Monitor, were compared on their...
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From:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAlcohol-related mortality accounts for a considerable proportion of premature mortality in Finland. The end of the 1980s saw a rapid economic boom, followed by a severe recession in the 1990s. In this study, Finnish...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 315, Issue 7102) Peer-ReviewedAlcohol use could explain the increased death rate in people in lower socioeconomic classes. A detailed study of mortality rates in Finland found that alcohol was a factor in 11% of all deaths in men and 2% of all deaths...
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From:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis publication is one of two thematic journal issues produced by the project "Trouble per liter--The effects of policies favoring lighter beverages." The project's origins date back to March 2007, when Nordic and...
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From:Journal of Studies on Alcohol (Vol. 66, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedObjective: The purpose of this study was to separate the effects of heavy and nonheavy episodic drinking on mortality and hospitalizations from ischemic heart disease (IHD) and other cardiovascular disease (OCVD) and on...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground Long-term employment trajectories of young problem drinkers are poorly understood. Methods We constructed retrospective labour market participation histories at ages 18-34 of 64 342 persons born in...
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From:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 26, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIn the alcohol research field, associations between alcohol consumption or problems and some basic sociodemographic variables--e.g., sex, age, socioeconomic status--are often presented. The first part of this paper...