ABC of alcohol / edited by Alex Paton, Robin Touquet. - 4th ed. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2005. - ix, 57 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alcohol use: consumption and costs / Eric Appleby -- Alcohol use: society and politics / Eric Appleby -- Alcohol in the body / Alex Paton -- Definitions / Alex Paton -- Nature of alcohol use / Alex Paton -- Detecting misuse / Alex Paton -- Problems in accident and emergency departments / Robin Touquet -- Medical problems / Alex Paton -- Surgical problems / James Huntley, Robin Touquet -- Drug-alcohol interactions / John Henry -- Management of alcohol misuse in primary care / Geoffrey Smerdon -- Advice and counselling / Bruce Ritson -- Treatments / Bruce Ritson -- Resources / Bruce Ritson.

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Alcoholism
Alcohol--Physiological effect
Alcoholism--diagnosis--Great Britain
Alcoholism--therapy--Great Britain
Alcohol Drinking--adverse effects--Great Britain
Alcohol Drinking--epidemiology--Great Britain
Socioeconomic Factors--Great Britain

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