Towards a global alcohol policy: alcohol, public health and the role of WHO

In 1983 the World Health Assembly declared alcohol-related problems to be among the world’s major health concerns. Since then, alcohol consumption has risen in developing countries, where it takes a heavy toll. Alcohol-related problems are at epidemic levels in the successor states of the Soviet Uni...

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Main Authors: D.H. Jernigan, M. Monteiro, R. Room, S. Saxena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000400011&lng=en&tlng=en