Drinking patterns and the distribution of alcohol-related harms in Ireland: evidence for the prevention paradox

• Main Authors: Claire O'Dwyer (Author), Deirdre Mongan (Author), Seán R. Millar (Author), Marion Rackard (Author), Brian Galvin (Author), Jean Long (Author), Joe Barry (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background According to the prevention paradox, the majority of alcohol-related harms in the population occur among low-to-moderate risk drinkers, simply because they are more numerous in the population, although high-risk drinkers have a higher individual risk of experiencing alcohol-relat...