WHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
second report.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Geneva :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
World Health Organization,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
57 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
WHO technical report series ;
Volume Designation
944
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-53).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- The mechanisms of harm from alcohol : intoxication, dependence and toxicity -- Alcohol availability and consumption in the world -- The harm attributable to alcohol consumption -- Effective strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm -- Making alcohol policy -- Implications for international action.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Since the last meeting, WHO undertook a range of initiatives to support Member States and reinforce the evidence on which policies work, to develop global and regional information systems, and to promote effective policies in health-care settings. These initiatives provide the background for the continuing role of WHO in supporting Member States to reduce the harm done by alcohol. In resolution WHA58.26, the Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly in 2005 requested the Director-General 'to report to the Sixtieth World Health Assembly on evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm, including a comprehensive assessment of public-health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol' and 'to draw up recommendations for effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm"' To this end, the Committee was convened with the main objectives of reviewing a range of public health problems attributable to alcohol consumption, as well as scientific and empirical evidence of effectiveness of different policy options, and providing technical recommendations on effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm."--Publisher's description.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Problems related to alcohol consumption :
Other Title Information
second report
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Alcoholism-- Economic aspects, Congresses.
Alcoholism-- Health aspects, Congresses.
Alcoholism-- Prevention, Congresses.
Alcoholism-- Social aspects, Congresses.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- Economic aspects, Congresses.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- Health aspects, Congresses.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- Social aspects, Congresses.
Alcohol Drinking-- adverse effects, Congresses.
Alcoholism-- prevention & control, Congresses.
alcohol abuse.
Alcoholgebruik.
Alcoholism-- Economic aspects.
Alcoholism-- Health aspects.
Alcoholism-- Prevention.
Alcoholism-- Social aspects.
Alcoholisme.
Alcoolisme.
Boissons alcoolisées.
Contrôle sanitaire.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- Economic aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- Health aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages-- Social aspects.
Effets sur la santé.
Santé publique.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
362
.
292
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA8
Book number
.
A25
no
.
944
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
71
.
66
Class number
W
2
MW6
Book Number
W97
no
.
944
2007
System Code
bcl
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
WHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption.