TY - JOUR AU - Bellis, Mark A. AU - Hughes, Karen AU - Nicholls, James AU - Sheron, Nick AU - Gilmore, Ian AU - Jones, Lisa PY - 2016 DA - 2016/02/18 TI - The alcohol harm paradox: using a national survey to explore how alcohol may disproportionately impact health in deprived individuals JO - BMC Public Health SP - 111 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Internationally, studies show that similar levels of alcohol consumption in deprived communities (vs. more affluent) result in higher levels of alcohol-related ill health. Hypotheses to explain this alcohol harm paradox include deprived drinkers: suffering greater combined health challenges (e.g. smoking, obesity) which exacerbate effects of alcohol harms; exhibiting more harmful consumption patterns (e.g. bingeing); having a history of more harmful consumption; and disproportionately under-reporting consumption. We use a bespoke national survey to assess each of these hypotheses. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2766-x DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-2766-x ID - Bellis2016 ER -