Background: Binge drinking (BD) consists of heavy episodic alcohol use. Whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) defines BD as 60 g of alcohol or more per occasion, the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) conceives BD as drinking 70 g (men) or 56 g (women) ...
VialloningentaconnectDrug & Alcohol DependenceRolland, B., de Chazeron, I., Carpentier, F., Moustafa, F., Viallon, A., Jacob, X., ... & Poulet, E. (2017). Comparison between the WHO and NIAAA criteria for binge drinking on drinking features and alcohol-related aftermaths: Results ...
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An embryo’s in-utero exposure to ethanol due to a mother’s alcohol drinking results in a range of deficits in the child that are collectively termed fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Prenatal ethanol exposure is one of the leading causes of preventable intellectual disability. Its neur...
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Keywords: binge drinking;personal social network;individual social capital;social support;adolescence;emerging adulthood