The current issue of Pediatrics contains a supplement, edited and sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on current research into the developmental nature of underage drinking. Health care workers can access reviews and analysis of current research on biological, behavioral, and environmental changes during childhood and adolescence that leads to underage drinking. The institute said that looking at developmental perspectives to determine the risk of alcohol dependence is a relatively new approach and the supplement provides a first-time collection. The supplement includes researchers from a wide range of scientific disciplines, NIAAA said.

The report now is posted on the journal’s website at http://xrl.us/bi76k.

See also: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/AboutNIAAA/NIAAASponsoredPrograms/underage.htm