Why does society accept a higher risk for alcohol than for other voluntary or involuntary risks?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d   Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^d,e   Room, Robin ^f,g,h  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^f Centre for Alcohol Policy Research Turning Point   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptable risk; Alcohol; Mortality; Patterns of drinking; Risk; Voluntary versus involuntary risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LAW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; SOCIAL NORM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL NORMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84929941049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0189-z     Document Type: Article

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