Towards new recommendations to reduce the burden of alcohol-induced hypertension in the European Union

Abstract Background Hazardous and harmful alcohol use and high blood pressure are central risk factors related to premature non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality worldwide. A reduction in the prevalence of both risk factors has been suggested as a route to reach the global NCD targets. This study...

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Published in:	BMC Medicine
Main Authors:	Jürgen Rehm, Peter Anderson, Jose Angel Arbesu Prieto, Iain Armstrong, Henri-Jean Aubin, Michael Bachmann, Nuria Bastida Bastus, Carlos Brotons, Robyn Burton, Manuel Cardoso, Joan Colom, Daniel Duprez, Gerrit Gmel, Antoni Gual, Ludwig Kraus, Reinhold Kreutz, Helena Liira, Jakob Manthey, Lars Møller, Ľubomír Okruhlica, Michael Roerecke, Emanuele Scafato, Bernd Schulte, Lidia Segura-Garcia, Kevin David Shield, Cristina Sierra, Konstantin Vyshinskiy, Marcin Wojnar, José Zarco
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-09-01
Subjects:	Hypertension Blood pressure Alcohol use Primary healthcare Europe Screening
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0934-1