Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol & HealthDepartment of Health, Education, and Welfare, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1993 |
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... increased relative fatal injury risk by sex , age , and blood alcohol concen- tration in single - vehicle crashes .. 240 2 . Percent change in North Carolina driving - while - intoxicated arrest rates , alcohol - related crash rates ...
... increased relative fatal injury risk by sex , age , and blood alcohol concen- tration in single - vehicle crashes .. 240 2 . Percent change in North Carolina driving - while - intoxicated arrest rates , alcohol - related crash rates ...
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... increased alcohol - related auto- mobile accidents and fatalities , the Special Reports have served as a marker by which we know where we have been , where we are now , and where we must look in the future . Like its predecessors , the ...
... increased alcohol - related auto- mobile accidents and fatalities , the Special Reports have served as a marker by which we know where we have been , where we are now , and where we must look in the future . Like its predecessors , the ...
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... increases in abstention and decreases in heavier drinking across a wide range of age , sex , and sociodemographic ... increased mortality but also with premature mortality . Estimates indicate that years of potential life lost for an ...
... increases in abstention and decreases in heavier drinking across a wide range of age , sex , and sociodemographic ... increased mortality but also with premature mortality . Estimates indicate that years of potential life lost for an ...
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... increasing knowledge of alcohol's acute and chronic actions on the central and peripheral nervous systems . Using ... increased activity of the chloride ion channel that is linked to the A- type receptor of the y - aminobutyric acid ...
... increasing knowledge of alcohol's acute and chronic actions on the central and peripheral nervous systems . Using ... increased activity of the chloride ion channel that is linked to the A- type receptor of the y - aminobutyric acid ...
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... increased capac- ity of the body to reduce alcohol levels via metabolism . Studies have shown that animals exposed to alcohol for a period of days have diminished GABAA receptor function in neuronal tissue . This functional alteration ...
... increased capac- ity of the body to reduce alcohol levels via metabolism . Studies have shown that animals exposed to alcohol for a period of days have diminished GABAA receptor function in neuronal tissue . This functional alteration ...
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Page 304 - Daily or almost daily 6. How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session? Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
Page 272 - According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects.
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Page 122 - CHIARA, G. AND IMPERATO, A.: Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats.
Page 123 - Murad. F., eds. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics . 7th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co..
Page 304 - Daily or almost daily 8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
Page 223 - Day, NL; Jasperse, D.; Richardson, G.; Robles, N.; Sambamoorthi, U.; Taylor, P.; Scher, M.; Stoffer, D.; and Cornelius, M.
Page 106 - Kelly, K., Cochran, BH, Stiles, CD, and Leder, P. Cell-specific regulation of the c-myc gene by lymphocyte mitogens and plateletderived growth factor.
Page 105 - Ethanol regulation of adenosine receptorstimulated cAMP levels in a clonal neural cell line: An in vitro model of cellular tolerance to ethanol. Proc Nati Acad Sei USA 83:2105-2108, 1986.
Page xx - Alcohol dependence, often called alcoholism, refers to a disease that is characterized by abnormal alcohol-seeking behavior that leads to impaired control over drinking. Although alcoholics and alcohol abusers...