Alcohol consumption and burden of disease in the Americas in 2012: implications for alcohol policy

OBJECTIVE:To describe the volume and patterns of alcohol consumption up to and including 2012, and to estimate the burden of disease attributable to alcohol consumption as measured in deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in the Americas in 2012. METHODS: Measures of alcohol consump...

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Main Authors: Kevin D. Shield, Maristela Monteiro, Michael Roerecke, Blake Smith, Jürgen Rehm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892015001100002&lng=en&tlng=en