Can part of the health damage linked to alcohol misuse in Scotland be attributable to the type of drink and its low price (by permitting a rapid rate of consumption)? A point of view.

Gill, Jan S; Tsang, Catherine; Black, Heather; Chick, Jonathan

Abstract

This article considers two sets of data describing the extent of consumption of white spirit drinks by a sample of patients who abuse alcohol and the analysis of drink antioxidant content. We present a proposal for discussion that the rapid consumption of alcoholic drinks, low in protective antioxidant compounds, may potentially be more damaging to the body.

Citation

Gill, J. S., Tsang, C., Black, H., & Chick, J. (2010). Can part of the health damage linked to alcohol misuse in Scotland be attributable to the type of drink and its low price (by permitting a rapid rate of consumption)? A point of view. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 45, 398-400. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agq023

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2010-07
• Deposit Date: Feb 18, 2015
• Print ISSN: 0735-0414
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-3502
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 398-400
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agq023
• Keywords: Alocoholism; anaylysis; consumer consumpption; price control; Scotland
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7606
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agq023