TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Different guidelines for different countries? On the scientific basis of low-risk drinking guidelines and their implications
JO  - Drug and alcohol review
A1  - Rehm, Jürgen T.
A1  - Patra, Jayadeep
SP  - 156
EP  - 161
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-5236
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00395.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -