wounds and injuries

Development of the International Alcohol Policy and Injury Index

Scientific article

30 March 2018

ABSTRACT Objective: To develop a new index to measure the effectiveness of alcohol control policies on selected indicators of alcohol-related injuries. Methods: We used the World Health Organization Global Information System on Alcohol and...

Risk of Violence-Related Injury from Alcohol Consumption and Its Burden to Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Scientific article

28 February 2018

Abstract Objective: To determine the relative risk (RR) and societal burden of injury related to alcohol-attributable intentional interpersonal violence (alcohol-attributable fraction or AAF), and the dose–response relationship, in Latin...