Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts research focused on improving the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems to reduce the health, social, and economic consequences of this disease. NIAAA, NIMH, and NIDA were created as coequal institutes within the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration in 1974. It was established within the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH in 1992.

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Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts research focused on improving the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems to reduce the health, social, and economic consequences of this disease. NIAAA, NIMH, and NIDA were created as coequal institutes within the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration in 1974. It was established within the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH in 1992.

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2 entry terms
  • NIAAA
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2008

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Previous Indexing

  • National Institutes of Health (1974-2007)

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  2. N03w.540w.052.750w.467w
  3. N03w.540w.348w.500w.500.600w.650w.496w.467w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.). Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054563. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054563
  2. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.). In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_on_Alcohol_Abuse_and_Alcoholism
  3. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.). In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16821236