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MeSH Heading: Alcohol Drinking
Tree Number(s): F01.145.317.269
Unique ID: D000428
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000428
Annotation: ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS and specifics, TEMPERANCE, and ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE are also available; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION is available but acute alcohol intoxication = ETHANOL /‌pois; alcohol withdrawal syndrome = SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME + ETHANOL/adv eff
Scope Note: Behaviors associated with the ingesting of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, including social drinking.
Entry Term(s): Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Drinking Habits; Alcohol Intake; Drinking, Alcohol
Previous Indexing: Alcoholic Beverages (1966-1968)
See Also: Alcoholism; Temperance
Public MeSH Note: 69
History Note: 69
Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/01/16

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

metabolism (ME)

mortality (MO)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

therapy (TH)

trends (TD)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0000650
Scope Note: Behaviors associated with the ingesting of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, including social drinking.
Terms: Alcohol Drinking Preferred Term
Term UI T001287
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1981); Alcohol Intake
Term UI T000999324
Date11/22/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Alcohol Drinking Habits
Term UI T000947357
Date10/09/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Alcohol Consumption
Term UI T001285
Date10/02/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Drinking, Alcohol
Term UI T001286
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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