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The ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Alcohol Program regularly publishes scientific articles about alcohol and public health. These are some of the most significant studies from the last few years.
Publications
Esser MB, Sherk A, Liu Y, Henley SJ, Naimi TS. Reducing alcohol use to prevent cancer deaths: estimated effects among U.S. adults. Am J Prev Med. 2024;66(4):725–729.
Esser MB, Sherk A, Liu Y, Naimi TS. Deaths from excessive alcohol use — United States, 2016–2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2024;73:154–161.
Bertin L, Leung G, Bohm MK, et al. Estimating the effects of hypothetical alcohol minimum unit pricing policies on alcohol use and deaths: a state example. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024;85(1):120–132.
Bohm MK, Esser MB. Associations between parental drinking and alcohol use among their adolescent children: Findings from a national survey of United States parent-child dyads. J Adolesc Health. 2023;73(5):961–964.
Hoots BE, Li J, Hertz MF, et al. Alcohol and other substance use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among high school students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. MMWR Suppl. 2023;72(suppl 1):84–92.
Alpert HR, Slater ME, Yoon YH, Chen CM, Winstanley N, Esser MB. Alcohol consumption and 15 causes of fatal injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Prev Med. 2022;63:286–300.
Esser MB, Idaikkadar N, Kite-Powell A, Thomas C, Greenlund KJ. Trends in emergency department visits related to acute alcohol consumption before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, 2018–2020. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2022;3:100049.
Esser MB, Leung G, Sherk A, et al. Estimated deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use among US adults aged 20 to 64 years, 2015 to 2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5:e2239485.
Esser MB, Sherk A, Subbaraman MS, et al. Improving estimates of alcohol-attributable deaths in the United States: impact of adjusting for the underreporting of alcohol consumption. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2022;83:134–144.
Bohm MK, Liu Y, Esser MB, et al. Binge drinking among adults, by select characteristics and state — United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70:1441–1446.
Crawford KA, Gardner JA, Meyer EA, Hall KE, Gary DS, Esser MB. Current marijuana use and alcohol consumption among adults following the legalization of nonmedical retail marijuana sales — Colorado, 2015–2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70:1505–1508.
Esser MB, Pickens CM, Guy GP Jr, Evans ME. Binge drinking, other substance use, and concurrent use in the U.S., 2016–2018. Am J Prev Med. 2021;60:169–178.
Greene N, Tomedi LE, Cox ME, Mello E, Esser MB. Alcohol testing and alcohol involvement among violent deaths by state, 2014–2016. Prev Med. 2021;106527.
LeClercq J, Bernard JS, Mucciaccio F, Esser MB. Prospective analysis of minimum pricing policies to reduce excessive alcohol use and related harms in U.S. States. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2021;82:710–719.
Esser MB, Sacks JJ, Sherk A, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Greenfield, TK, Pierannunzi, C, Brewer, RD. Distribution of drinks consumed by U.S. adults by average daily alcohol consumption: A comparison of 2 nationwide surveys. Am J Prev Med. 2020;59:669–677.