Browsing by Subject "alcohol"

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    • THE ADVOCACY FACTOR: the IMPORTANCE of GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS in SUPPORT of DWI POLICIES 

      Pinsky, Ilana [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-07-01)

    • ALCOHOL and CRACK COCAINE USE in WOMEN: A 14-YEAR CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY 

      Moreira, Marcio Mariano; Barbosa, Gerson Laurindo; Laranjeira, Ronaldo [UNIFESP]; Mitsuhiro, Sandro Sendin [UNIFESP] (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014-01-01)
      This article aims to describe the record type for first-time hospital admissions of 761 women at a single institution between 1997 and 2010 according to International Classification of Diseases, 10(th) revision, criteria, ...

    • Alcohol consumption and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: experimental approach 

      Scorza, Carla Alessandra [UNIFESP]; Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo [UNIFESP]; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP]; Terra, Vera Cristina; Machado, Helio Rubens; Almeida, Antonio-Carlos G. de; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP]; Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2009-12-01)
      Using the pilocarpine model of epilepsy, we investigated the effects of alcohol consumption on the frequency of seizures in animals with epilepsy as well the underlying a possible association between alcohol intake and ...

    • Alcohol industry self-regulation: who is it really protecting? 

      Noel, Jonathan; Lazzarini, Zita; Robaina, Katherine; Vendrame, Alan [UNIFESP] (Wiley, 2017)
      Self-regulation has been promoted by the alcohol industry as a sufficient means of regulating alcohol marketing activities. However, evidence suggests that the guidelines of self-regulated alcohol marketing codes are ...

    • Alcohol marketing in the Americas and Spain during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Tournament 

      Noel, Jonathan K.; Babor, Thomas F.; Robaina, Katherine; Feulner, Melissa; Vendrame, Alan [UNIFESP]; Monteiro, Maristela (Wiley, 2017)
      Background and aims To identify the nature of visual alcohol references in alcohol advertisements during televised broadcasts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Tournament matches and to evaluate cross-national differences according ...

    • The alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST): development, reliability and feasibility 

      Ali, Robert; Awwad, Elia; Babor, Thomas; Bradley, Fiona; Butau, Tecla; Farrell, Michael; Souza-Formigoni, Maria Lucia Oliveira de [UNIFESP]; Isralowitz, Richard; Lacerda, Roseli Boerngen de [UNIFESP]; Marsden, John; McRee, Bonnie; Monteiro, Maristela; Pal, Hemraj; Rubio-Stipec, Maritza; Vendetti, Janice; WHO ASSIST Working Grp (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002-09-01)
      Aims The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was developed for the World Health Organization (WHO) by an international group of substance abuse researchers to detect psychoactive substance ...

    • Alcohol-sensitive hereditary essential myoclonus with dystonia: a study of 6 Brazilian patients 

      Borges, V; Ferraz, H. B.; Andrade, LAF de (Springer, 2000-12-01)
      We present the clinical profile of a group of patients with myoclonus and dystonia sensitive to alcohol and address these cases in the context of essential myoclonus. Six patients from 4 families were selected: 4 men and ...

    • Allele frequency of ADH2 and ALDH2 among Brazilians of different ethnic groups 

      Santos, B. R.; Monteiro, M. G.; Thomasson, H. R. (Elsevier B.V., 1997-05-01)
      We determined the genotypes of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ALDH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) loci of different ethnic groups living in Brazil, using saliva DNA amplified by PCR and allele-specific oligonucleotides. ...

    • Assessing Alcohol Dependence in Hospitalized Patients 

      Doering-Silveira, Juliana [UNIFESP]; Fidalgo, Thiago Marques [UNIFESP]; Nascimento, Carolina Lins e Silva [UNIFESP]; Alves, Juliana Bernardo [UNIFESP]; Seito, Caroline Lumy [UNIFESP]; Saita, Maria Claudia [UNIFESP]; Belluzzi, Lorenza Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Silva, Laila Carolina [UNIFESP]; Silveira, Dartiu Xavier da [UNIFESP]; Rosa-Oliveira, Leonardo [UNIFESP] (Mdpi Ag, 2014-06-01)
      Alcohol misuse is generally not detected in hospital settings. the goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence in hospitalized patients in a university hospital in São Paulo (Brazil). ...

    • Assessment of Alcohol and Tobacco Use Disorders Among Religious Users of Ayahuasca 

      Barbosa, Paulo Cesar Ribeiro; Tofoli, Luis F.; Bogenschutz, Michael P.; Hoy, Robert; Berro, Lais F.; Marinho, Eduardo A. V.; Areco, Kelsy Catherina Nena [UNIFESP]; Winkelman, Michael J. (Frontiers Media Sa, 2018)
      The aims of this study were to assess the impact of ceremonial use of ayahuasca-a psychedelic brew containing N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and beta-carboline -and attendance at Uniao do Vegetal (UDV) meetings on substance abuse