Professor B.J. CAMPBELL
Additional Resources - Alcohol
A&E visits for alcohol poisoning 'double in six years’ (December 2016)
Alcohol affects food consumption - adverse effect alcohol has on a person’s inhibitory control when it comes to food (Dec 2015).
Alcohol Related Disease 2010: Meeting the Challenge of Improved Quality of care and Better Use of Resource - A Joint Position Paper by BSG/BASL/AHA
Alcohol statistics – England 2015
Alcohol statistics - Scotland 2014-5
Alcohol limits cut to reduce health risks (8 Jan 2016)
Alcohol’s damaging effects on the brain (Number 63 - October 2004)
BBC News - Alcohol-related deaths 'rising' (January 2008)
BBC News - Expertsays ban all alcohol ads (February 2007).
BBC NEWS – Health: Alcohol link to one in 25 deaths. (26 Jun 2009)
BBC News - Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin (1 Nov 2010)
Ferner RE, Chambers J. (2001). Alcohol intake: measure for measure. BMJ 323: 1439-1440.
Fiellin DA et al. (2000). Outpatient Management of Patients with Alcohol Problems. Ann Intern Med133: 815-827.
DVLA Guides for medical practitioners - At a glance guide to the current medical standards of fitness to drive (Nov 2014 Edition - including August 2015 and
January 2016 amendments).
Gilmore I (2010) Alcohol Misuse and its Consequences – An Overview and a European Perspective. European Review (2010), 18: 47-56.
Gilmore IT (2007). What lessons can be learned from alcohol control for combating the growing prevalence of obesity? Obesity Reviews 8 (s1), 157–160.
Gilmore IT, Sheron N (2008).Reducing the harms of alcohol in the UK.BMJ 335; 1271-2.
House of Commons. HealthCommittee—First Report. Alcohol. The impact of alcohol on health, the NHS andsociety.
Hughes K et al.(1997). “Young people, alcohol, and designer drinks: quantitative and qualitative study”. BMJ314: 414-418.
Kumar Das S & Vasudevan DM. (2005).Biochemical diagnosis of alcoholism. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry Volume 20, Number 1, 35-42
Kumar Das S et al.(2003). Biochemical markers for alcohol consumption.Ind.J.Clin.Biochem. 18 (2) 111-118.
Lakhani N (1997). Alcohol use amongst community-dwelling elderly people: a review of the literature. J. Adv. Nursing 25(6): 1227-32
Marshall EJ et al. (2009). Introduction to a special issue on Alcohol Related Brain Damage. The Seven Ages of Man ... (or Woman). Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 44 (2), 106–107.
Minimum alcohol unit pricing shelved
O'Connor PG, Schottenfeld RS (1998).Patients with Alcohol Problems. New Engl. J. Med.338: 592-602.
Oscar-Berman, M and Marinkovic, K (2003). Alcoholism and the Brain: An Overview. Alcohol Research & Health 27(2) 125-133.
Paton A (2005).Alcohol in the body.BMJ. 330(7482):85-7
Room R et al. (2005).Alcohol and public health.Lancet 365(9458):519-30
Saitz R (2005). Unhealthy Alcohol Use. New Engl J Med. 352(6):596-607.
The party’s over - Nature 468, 475 (25 November 2010)
Web resources
Alcohol Concern
Drink Aware
Department of Health
Institute of Alcohol Studies
National Instituteon Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The Medical Council on Alcohol
UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS):