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- Alcohol Abuse Increases, Dependence Declines Across Decade - Compares alcohol abuse and alcoholism rates 1992 and 2002. NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) is part of NIH.
- TeensHealth: Coping With an Alcoholic Parent - Explains what alcoholism is, why a parent drinks and why they don't stop. Includes how teens feel, other problems, and what to do.
- BUPA Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - UK - Concise factsheet explaining the causes, symptoms and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
- Preserving the History of Alcoholics Anonymous - Describes the Kirk Collection on AA at Brown University. Includes history of colonial and revolutionary temperance movements, Prohibition and repeal, and more modern studies of alcohol and alcoholism that emphasize Alcoholics Anonymous.
- MedicineNet articles on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Two dozen questions and answers on alcoholism and problem drinking.
- Diagnostic Criteria for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence - Formal definitions of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependence are updated over time. This paper follows them from Jellinek's 1941 work to today's DSM-IV criteria.
- Be Responsible About Drinking, Inc. - Promoting decisions concerning alcohol. Providing information about alcohol poisoning, binge drinking, blood alcohol level meanings. Responsible choices concerning alcohol.
- Alcoholics and God - Liberty Magazine - September 1939 Liberty magazine had the first major article about Alcoholics Anonymous after publication of the Big Book. Includes the magazine cover.
- The Dangers of Alcohol and Sleep - Alcohol Alert No. 41-1998 - Paper discussing the effects of alcohol on sleep (US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
- NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
Wikipedia Articles
- Alcohol detoxification - Alcohol detoxification, or 'detox', for individuals with alcohol dependence is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake coupled with the substitution of alcohol with cross-tolerant drugs that have similar effects in order to prevent alcohol withdrawal. Detoxification may or may not be necessary depending upon an individual's age, medical status, and history of alcohol ...
- Alcohol-related traffic crashes in the United States - Alcohol-related traffic crashes are defined by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to include any and all vehicular (including bicycle and motorcycle) accidents in which any alcohol has been consumed, or believed to have been consumed, by the driver, a passenger or a pedestrian associated with the accident. Thus, if a person who has consumed alcohol and has stopped for a red light and is rear-ended by a completely sober but inattentive driver, ...
- Pinacolyl alcohol - Pinacolyl alcohol is a common name for 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-ol, also known as pine alcohol. Pinacolyl alcohol's molecular formula is C6H14O and is a secondary alcohol.
- Federal Alcohol Administration - The Federal Alcohol Administration was a United States government agency created in 1935 (as part of the Department of the Treasury) by the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, title 27 chapter 8 of the United States Code. It was created to regulate the alcohol industry after the repeal of Prohibition, replacing a previous body (the Federal Alcohol Control Administration) which did not have statutory powers.
- Alcohol flush reaction - Alcohol flush reaction is a condition where the body cannot break down ingested alcohol completely, due to a missense polymorphism that encodes the enzyme, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) normally responsible for breaking down acetaldehyde], a product of the metabolism of alcohol. Flushing, or blushing, is associated with the [[erythema] (reddening caused by dilation of capillaries) of the face, neck, and shoulder, after ...