Alcoholic liver disease and pancreatitis: global health problems being addressed by the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Aug:28 Suppl 1:4-6. doi: 10.1111/jgh.12246.

Abstract

The review article summarizes the mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) with focus on the NIAAA's current and future research version for alcoholic liver disease and alcoholic pancreatitis.

Keywords: ALD; NIAAA; cancer; hepatitis C.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology
  • Alcoholism / prevention & control*
  • Animals
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Female
  • Global Health*
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / epidemiology
  • Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / etiology*
  • Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / prevention & control*
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology
  • Male
  • Metabolomics / trends
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / epidemiology
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / etiology*
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / prevention & control*
  • Risk
  • Translational Research, Biomedical / trends*
  • United States / epidemiology