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Friday, May 13, 2011

THE CHALLENGE OF DISTINGUISHING HIGH-VOLUME AND FREQUENT RISKY DRINKING


The review of risky single-occasion drinking (RSOD) by Gmel et al. [1] is comprehensive and provocative. It
addresses concerns that fall into two domains, those that hamper international comparisons and those that are problematic within, as well as across, countries. As examples of the former, disparate approaches to defining standard drinks and drinking occasions may be warranted based on cross-country variation in beverage container sizes and temporal drinking patterns; however, these disparities make comparisons across countries difficult. In contrast, the lack of distinction between frequent RSOD and high-volume consumption exemplifies a conceptual problem that poses challenges within as well
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