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Review
. 2021 Aug 13;13(8):2777.
doi: 10.3390/nu13082777.

Alcohol and the Risk of Injury

Tanya Chikritzhs  1 , Michael Livingston  1   2
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Review

Alcohol and the Risk of Injury

Tanya Chikritzhs et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Globally, almost four and a half million people died from injury in 2019. Alcohol's contribution to injury-related premature loss of life, disability and ill-health is pervasive, touching individuals, families and societies throughout the world. We conducted a review of research evidence for alcohol's causal role in injury by focusing on previously published systematic reviews, meta-analyses and where indicated, key studies. The review summarises evidence for pharmacological and physiological effects that support postulated causal pathways, highlights findings and knowledge gaps relevant to specific forms of injury (i.e., violence, suicide and self-harm, road injury, falls, burns, workplace injuries) and lays out options for evidence-based prevention.

Keywords: alcohol; injury; intervention; morbidity; mortality; policy; review; risk.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Global Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs ’000) lost due to alcohol-attributable injuries, 2019. Data source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation [1].
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