"Alcohol Drinking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Behaviors associated with the ingesting of alcoholic beverages, including social drinking.
| Descriptor ID |
D000428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.317.269
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| Concept/Terms |
Alcohol Drinking- Alcohol Drinking
- Drinking, Alcohol
- Alcohol Consumption
- Consumption, Alcohol
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Alcohol Drinking".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Alcohol Drinking".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Alcohol Drinking" by people in this website by year, and whether "Alcohol Drinking" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2013 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2016 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alcohol Drinking" by people in Profiles.
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Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Evidence From the Johannesburg Cancer Study. JCO Glob Oncol. 2026 Apr; 12(4):e2500669.
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Mitragynine and naltrexone alone and in combination reduce alcohol self-administration in female Sprague Dawley rats. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 Jun 01; 283:113126.
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Formative Research to Identify Contributors to Risky Drinking and Adapt an Alcohol Reduction Intervention Among Young Adults Vulnerable to HIV: Qualitative Focus Group Study. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Feb 26; 10:e76460.
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Metabolome contribution to sex differences in the link between alcohol consumption and type 2 diabetes: a prospective analysis in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 Mar; 123(3):101203.
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Investigating the trend of adolescent alcohol use: a Bayesian hierarchical linear analysis. Alcohol Alcohol. 2026 Jan 14; 61(2).
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Concurrent Alcohol Use and the Relative Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Associated With Anticholinergic and Non-Anticholinergic Neurocognitively Active Medication Receipt: A National Nested Case-Control Study Among US Veterans. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025 Dec; 34(12):e70279.
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Relationships Between Alcohol Intake and Mitochondrial DNA Methylation in the Human Prefrontal Cortex and Nucleus Accumbens. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2025 10; 51(5):e70035.
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A brief online intervention for sleep problems and heavy drinking: Impacts on alcohol- and sleep-related problems. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2025 Aug; 33(4):371-380.
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Contraceptive use among married women who drink alcohol in India: a cross-sectional analysis of NFHS-5 survey. Alcohol Alcohol. 2025 May 14; 60(4).
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The influence of tobacco use, hazardous drinking, and other risk factors on HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer risk and screening perceptions among gay and bisexual men: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Mar 30; 25(1):462.