TY - JOUR T1 - Relation between average alcohol consumption and disease: an overview. AU - Gutjahr,E, AU - Gmel,G, AU - Rehm,J, PY - 2001/8/18/pubmed PY - 2001/10/5/medline PY - 2001/8/18/entrez SP - 117 EP - 27 JF - European addiction research JO - Eur Addict Res VL - 7 IS - 3 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To conduct an overview of alcohol-related health consequences and to estimate relative risk for chronic consequences and attributable fractions for acute consequences. METHODS: Identification of alcohol-related consequences was performed by means of reviewing and evaluating large-scale epidemiological studies and reviews on alcohol and health, including epidemiological contributions to major social cost studies. Relative risks and alcohol-attributable fractions were drawn from the international literature and risk estimates were updated, whenever possible, by means of meta-analytical techniques. RESULTS: More than 60 health consequences were identified for which a causal link between alcohol consumption and outcome can be assumed. CONCLUSIONS: Future research on alcohol-related health consequences should focus on standardization of exposure measures and take into consideration both average volume of consumption and patterns of drinking. SN - 1022-6877 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/11509842/Relation_between_average_alcohol_consumption_and_disease:_an_overview_ L2 - https://www.karger.com?DOI=10.1159/000050729 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -