The new Australian alcohol guidelines: what happens now?

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07 September 2009The National Health and Medical Reserach Council (NHMRC) recently released the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. These new guidelines are different in many ways from the previous ones (NHMRC 2001) and aim to establish the evidence base on reducing alcohol-related health risks.

The national health and Medical Reserach Council (NHMRC) recently released the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. These new guidelines are different in many ways from the previous ones (NHMRC 2001) and aim to establish the evidence base on reducing alcohol-related health risks.

This seminar and forum was held on 16 July 2009 at Angliss Conference Centre, William Angliss Institute of TAFE, Level 5, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne.

Individual speakers can be accessed here>.

A text summary of the seminar is available here >

 

 

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