Background China is the world's largest consumer of tobacco and has a large smoking-
related chronic disease burden. In this nationwide study, we aimed to evaluate smoking …

There is a wide discrepancy in the epidemiology of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) due to
diverse scales and survey approaches. We estimated the prevalence of AUDs by comparing …

Background Harmful use of alcohol is a global public health problem. Differences in alcohol
consumption patterns may add valuable information to the design of public health …

In this paper we present basic principles of planning and carrying out cross-sectional studies
in health sciences as well as analyzing the data collected in these studies. We present …

В настоящей работе представлены основные принципы планирования, проведения и
статистической обработки данных поперечных (одномоментных) исследований в …

Background Although depression and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are expected to be
common among patients presenting to primary health care setting, there is limited research …

Aim Alcohol related disease conditions are responsible for a significant proportion of
morbidity and mortality in Sri Lanka. This study quantified the economic cost of selected …

METHODS A retrospective case review study on smokers who voluntarily joined our service
in 2014–2017 was conducted. Characteristics of tobacco users only, and alcohol and …

People affected by psychotic, depressive and developmental disorders are at a higher risk
for alcohol and tobacco use. However, the further associations between alcohol/tobacco use …

Aim The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has caused millions of people to descend into poverty,
compromising their rights to health, education and standard of living. This study aimed to …