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Measuring Alcohol Consumption
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Description for Measuring Alcohol Consumption
Hardback. Demonstrates how the accurate assessment of alcohol usage is important in its own right. This title discusses a variety of techniques and approaches, including direct verbal and collateral accounts of drinking, complex and innovative biochemical indicators, methods of measuring drinking over an extended period of time, and more. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGL; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
The Importance of Measuring Alcohol Consumption To date, alcohol studies have attended far more to issues of alco hol dependence and the harmful consequences of drinking than to the level of alcohol consumption itself. This is, perhaps, not surprising since dependence on alcohol is believed to constitute a meaningful and distinct medical syndrome, regardless of the level of alcohol consumption associated with it (Edwards and Gross, 1976). Also, of society is generally more concerned with the adverse consequences drinking (e. g. , traffic fatalities, homelessness, health care and legal expenses, and academiclbehavioral problems in young drinkers), than with the quantity ... Read more
The Importance of Measuring Alcohol Consumption To date, alcohol studies have attended far more to issues of alco hol dependence and the harmful consequences of drinking than to the level of alcohol consumption itself. This is, perhaps, not surprising since dependence on alcohol is believed to constitute a meaningful and distinct medical syndrome, regardless of the level of alcohol consumption associated with it (Edwards and Gross, 1976). Also, of society is generally more concerned with the adverse consequences drinking (e. g. , traffic fatalities, homelessness, health care and legal expenses, and academiclbehavioral problems in young drinkers), than with the quantity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896032316
SKU
V9780896032316
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Reviews for Measuring Alcohol Consumption
Measuring Alcohol Consumption ...is an excellent resource for all those interested, at either a research or clinical level, in alcohol use and misuse ...highly organized, cohesive, integrated and practical...This superbly organized, thorough, and readable book is highly recommended for all those who need to assess alcohol intake. -The Journal of Clinical Pathology