alcohol consumption: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Griffith Edwards, Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule (2000), offers perhaps the best short overview available of alcohol and its consumption and associated problems. Rosalyn Carson-Dewitt (ed.), Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, 2nd ed., 4 vol. (2001), contains more than 550 articles, bibliographic references, and an extensive index.
Anthropological studies of the drinking practices of early societies are described in Mary Douglas (ed.), Constructive Drinking: Perspectives on Drink from Anthropology (1987, reissued 2003); and Dimitra Gefou-Madianou (ed.), Alcohol, Gender, and Culture (1992).
The prevalence of drinking or abstaining and the distribution of alcohol problems and alcoholism in specific areas are dealt with in Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin, Drinking in America, rev. and expanded ed. (1987); Boris M. Segal, The Drunken Society: Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the Soviet Union (1990); Johanna Maula, Maaria Lindblad, and Christoffer Tigerstedt (eds.), Alcohol in Developing Countries (1990); and Nina Rehn, Alcohol in the European Regions: Consumption, Harm and Policies (2001).
Analyses of classic as well as contemporary attempts to cope with alcohol problems are outlined in Mark H. Moore and Dean R. Gerstein (eds.), Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition (1981); Griffith Edwards, John Strang, and Jerome H. Jaffe (eds.), Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Making the Science and Policy Connections (1993); and Griffith Edwards et al., Alcohol Policy and the Public Good (1994).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questions and answers added. | Jul 21, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Link adjusted. | Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| New media added. | Mar 05, 2021 | ||
| Updated information on countries with the highest consumption of total alcohol, beer, and distilled spirits. | Jan 10, 2020 | ||
| Added information on binge drinking among U.S. adults age 65 and older. | Aug 06, 2019 | ||
| Removed table. | May 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Institue of Health - National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Overview of Alcohol Consumption. | Feb 23, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 14, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 07, 2016 | ||
| Table listing alcohol consumption by country moved; text describing this table changed from "provides a comparison of alcohol consumption by country" to "summarizes alcohol consumption in selected countries in 2003." | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Alcohol Use. | Sep 30, 2008 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Cross-references added to physical effects section. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nemours Foundation - Kids Health for Kids - Alcohol. | Sep 06, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Neuroscience for Kids - Alcohol. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 18, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 05, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 24, 1998 |