@article{ref1,
title="Different guidelines for different countries? On the scientific basis of low-risk drinking guidelines and their implications",
journal="Drug and alcohol review",
year="2012",
author="Rehm, Jürgen T. and Patra, Jayadeep",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="156-161",
abstract="The scientific evidence for low-risk drinking guidelines was examined in a narrative review focusing on three points: definition of exposure, the best way to select outcomes and risk relations and how to determine thresholds. With respect to exposure, at least two dimensions should be incorporated: average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of irregular heavy drinking occasions. Mortality should be selected as the most severe outcome, and a disaggregated approach should be adopted incorporating the regional demographic and cause of death structure. Finally, our plea is for establishing a general threshold for acceptable risk on a societal level rather than ad hoc specific committees setting norms for specific risks. Acceptable thresholds will be different if the risk is to oneself or to others.[Rehm J, Patra J. Different guidelines for different countries? On the scientific basis of low-risk drinking guidelines and their implications. Drug Alcohol Rev 2011].<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-5236",
doi="10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00395.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00395.x"
}