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Some sociocultural observations on alcohol-related problems in Japan. 1998

M Hayashida

Yokohama Maioka Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007564	Japan	A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.	Bonin Islands
D003431	Cross-Cultural Comparison	Comparison of various psychological, sociological, or cultural factors in order to assess the similarities or diversities occurring in two or more different cultures or societies.	Transcultural Studies,Comparison, Cross-Cultural,Comparisons, Cross-Cultural,Cross Cultural Comparison,Cross-Cultural Comparisons,Studies, Transcultural,Study, Transcultural,Transcultural Study
D005544	Forecasting	The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology.	Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000434	Alcoholic Beverages	Drinkable liquids containing ETHANOL.	Alcoholic Beverage,Beverage, Alcoholic,Beverages, Alcoholic
D000437	Alcoholism	A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4)	Alcohol Abuse,Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic,Ethanol Abuse,Alcohol Addiction,Alcohol Dependence,Alcohol Use Disorder,Abuse, Alcohol,Abuse, Ethanol,Addiction, Alcohol,Alcohol Use Disorders,Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication,Dependence, Alcohol,Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic,Use Disorders, Alcohol
D012927	Social Control, Informal	Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.	Informal Social Control,Control, Informal Social,Controls, Informal Social,Informal Social Controls,Social Controls, Informal
D012940	Social Problems	Situations affecting a significant number of people, that are believed to be sources of difficulty or threaten the stability of the community, and that require programs of amelioration.	Labor Exploitation,Social Exploitation,Exploitation, Labor,Exploitation, Social,Exploitations, Labor,Problem, Social,Problems, Social,Social Problem
D012945	Social Values	Abstract standards or empirical variables in social life which are believed to be important and/or desirable.	Value Orientation,Values, Social,Value Orientations
D019973	Alcohol-Related Disorders	Disorders related to or resulting from abuse or misuse of alcohol.	Alcohol Problem,Alcohol Problems,Alcohol Related Disorders,Alcohol-Related Disorder,Disorder, Alcohol-Related