Document 0042
 DOCN  M95B0042
 TI    Mental and physical health consequences of alcohol use in women.
 DT    9511
 AU    Hill SY; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of;
       Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
 SO    Recent Dev Alcohol. 1995;12:181-97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95350388
 AB    Chronic consumption of alcohol in levels typically consumed by alcoholic
       women clearly produces adverse health consequences, including a shorter
       life expectancy. The health consequences of alcohol use appear to depend
       on the characteristics of the person consuming the alcohol (genetic
       vulnerability to particular diseases, the particular point in the life
       span when the majority of the alcohol is consumed, and the pattern of
       consumption typical for that individual). For adolescence and young
       adulthood, emphasis is placed on increased rates of accidental and
       suicidal mortality. For middle age, breast cancer risk and risk for
       developing osteoporosis is discussed. Finally, use of alcohol alone and
       in combination with psychoactive drugs presents special problems for
       older women. Other specific adverse effects of alcohol are reviewed with
       respect to gender differences in cardiovascular, hepatological, and
       neuropathological outcome, as well as with respect to HIV/AIDS.
       Psychiatric comorbidity and domestic violence are also discussed with
       respect to gender differences.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Alcohol Drinking/*ADVERSE EFFECTS/PSYCHOLOGY
       Alcoholism/COMPLICATIONS/*PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Breast
       Neoplasms/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Comorbidity  Domestic
       Violence/PSYCHOLOGY  Female  Gender Identity  Human  Middle Age
       Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Risk Factors
       Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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