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4. What are the health effects of alcohol consumption?

• 4.1 What diseases are due to alcohol consumption?
• 4.2 What are the effects of alcohol on the unborn child/fetus?
• 4.3 What are the health benefits of alcohol consumption?
• 4.4 How are depression and alcohol consumption linked?
• 4.5 In what ways can alcohol consumtion lead to physical injuries?
• 4.6 What is the overall health burden of alcohol consumption?

The Level 3 "Source" text of this Digest is:

WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

It can be viewed at:

 www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_status_report_2004_overview.pdf

or purchased as a printed book at the WHO bookshop.

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, p.35-58 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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4.1 What diseases are due to alcohol consumption?

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, Harmful effects..., p.37-40 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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4.2 What are the effects of alcohol on the unborn child/fetus?

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, Effects of prenatal exposure, p.39 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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4.3 What are the health benefits of alcohol consumption?

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, Beneficial health effects..., p.40-43 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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4.4 How are depression and alcohol consumption linked?

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, Depression, p.43-45 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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4.5 In what ways can alcohol consumtion lead to physical injuries?

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, Acute adverse health consequences, p.46-48 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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4.6 What is the overall health burden of alcohol consumption?

For more information on this question, see:

 Consequences of alcohol use, Health effects and global burden of disease, The global burden of disease p.50-58 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004