The changing pattern of alcohol consumption in England and Wales 1978-85.

Dunbar, Geoffrey; Morgan, D. D. V.

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“…Further reassurance on the validity of the present data may be found in the frequency of reporting the use of different benzodiazepines (Dunbar et al, 1987). When placed in rank order and compared with prescription data obtained from the DHSS, a Spearman rank correlation coefficient of 0.903 was obtained (/)=0.002).…”

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“…Problems of estimating alcohol consumption were discussed by Wilson (1981). Comparisons of Customs & Excise figures with alcohol consumption reported in the present survey (Dunbar & Morgan, 1987) showed somewhat less under-reporting than in a comparable study by Wilson (1980). However, reported consumption represented only 58% of actual consumption as detailed by H.M. Customs & Excise.…”

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The Concurrent Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes and Caffeine in British Benzodiazepine Users as Measured by a General Population Survey

Dunbar¹,

Morgan²,

Perera

1988

British Journal of Addiction

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A 1985 general population survey was conducted by Gallup in Great Britain. Subjects (4,148) were questioned about their use of benzodiazepines of whom 1,284 were also questioned about their alcohol, cigarette and caffeine consumption. Data were examined to find possible multiple substance misuse. No strong evidence could be found. People taking benzodiazepines at the time of the survey consumed significantly less alcohol than nonusers or past users. Cigarette consumption was found to be increased in current and past benzodiazepine users. Subgroups of bemodiazepine users, defined as 'high users', 'dosage escalators' or 'chronic users' were also examined. Again no strong evidence of multiple substance misuse could be found. However, high users and dosage escalators did smoke more than others. Concurrent misuse of benzodiazepines and other legally available psychoactive substances is not common in the general population.

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The Concurrent Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes and Caffeine in British Benzodiazepine Users as Measured by a General Population Survey

Dunbar¹,

Morgan²,

Perera

1988

British Journal of Addiction

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“…This pattern has also been reported for Spain by social class in men9 and by educational level in men and women 48. However, other studies have found no association between alcohol consumption and social class49or have found an association showing that people of higher social class drink more 50. One study in the north of Europe has detected a change in the excessive alcohol consumption by social class: in the 1960s or 1970s non-manual workers drank more, a pattern that reversed during the 1980s 51.…”

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Social inequalities in health related behaviours in Barcelona

Borrell¹

2000

Journal of Epidemiology &Amp; Community Health

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Objective-This study describes social class inequalities in health related behaviours (tobacco and alcohol consumption, physical activity) among a sample of general population over 14 years old in Barcelona. Design-Cross sectional study (Barcelona Health Interview Survey). Setting-Barcelona city (Spain).Participants-A representative stratified sample of the non-institutionalised population resident in Barcelona was obtained. This study refers to the 4171 respondents aged over 14. Data-Social class was obtained from a Spanish adaptation of the British Registrar General classification. In addition, sociodemographic variables such as family structure and employment status were used. As health related behaviours tobacco consumption, alcohol consumption, usual physical activity and leisure time physical activity were analysed. Age adjusted percentages were compared by social class. Multivariate analysis was performed using logistic regression models.

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“…As sexually immature rats may not have a direct clinical equivalent, studies were also carried out in sexually mature, more slowly growing, rats. It is noteworthy that recent published data have shown that increasing numbers of teenagers regularly drink ethanol in quantities considered to be clinically prohibitive [7]. However, as the sexually immature rats were mature at the end of the feeding regime, we have also distinguished between both sets of animals by the terms 'small' and 'large' respectively.…”

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The effect of chronic ethanol ingestion on synthesis and degradation of soluble, contractile and stromal protein fractions of skeletal muscles from immature and mature rats

Preedy

1989

Biochemical Journal

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1. An investigation was carried out into the response of soluble, myofibrillar and stromal protein fractions of skeletal muscle to chronic ethanol feeding. Groups of male Wistar rats, of approx. 85 or 280 g body wt., were pair-fed on a nutritionally complete liquid diet containing glucose or a diet in which 36% of the total energy was provided by ethanol. After 6 weeks, rates of protein synthesis were measured with a flooding dose of L-[4-3H]phenylalanine. 2. The protein contents of soluble, myofibrillar and stromal fractions in gastrocnemius muscle from small and large rats were decreased by ethanol feeding. Greater changes were observed in small than in large rats. 3. Fractional synthesis rates of soluble, myofibrillar and stromal proteins of gastrocnemius were all decreased by ethanol treatment. All fractions responded similarly, though percentage decreases in large rats were greater than in small rats. Absolute synthesis rates in gastrocnemius muscles were also decreased after ethanol treatment. All protein fractions responded similarly, and the magnitudes of the responses in large and small rats were also similar. 4. Fractional rates of breakdown, measured by the difference between fractional growth and synthesis rates, were apparently decreased, in both sets of rats, in all protein fractions. 5. It was concluded that chronic ethanol exposure causes perturbations in soluble, myofibrillar and stromal protein accretion by a mechanism involving unidirectional changes in protein synthesis and possibly breakdown.

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The changing pattern of alcohol consumption in England and Wales 1978-85.

Cited by 18 publications

References 3 publications

The Concurrent Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes and Caffeine in British Benzodiazepine Users as Measured by a General Population Survey

The Concurrent Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes and Caffeine in British Benzodiazepine Users as Measured by a General Population Survey

Social inequalities in health related behaviours in Barcelona

The effect of chronic ethanol ingestion on synthesis and degradation of soluble, contractile and stromal protein fractions of skeletal muscles from immature and mature rats

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