Standard Drink

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Standard Drink

A notional volume containing a specified amount of alcohol. One unit of alcohol is about 8 grams of pure ethanol, equal to a half pint of beer, a (small) glass of wine, half a glass of sherry or port, or one measure (shot glass) of spirits

standard drink

Substance abuse A 'unit' of alcohol consumption equal to 44 ml–a 'shot'–of 40% alcohol by volume, aka 'hard' liquor–gin, rum, vodka, whiskey, or 150 ml of 12% alcohol by volume–eg, wine, or 360 ml of 5% alcohol by volume–eg, beer. See Alcoholic type I, Alcoholic type II, Alcoholism.

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alcoholism Drink Hard Liquor Social Drinker			The researchers classified moderate exposure as drinking 3-4 standard drinks per occasion- that's about two normal glasses of wine-and no more than a bottle of wine drunk over a week. Alcohol in pregnancy linked to child behaviour problems by Asian News International found that those who drank the equivalent of 10 standard drinks had an 80% increased risk of being diagnosed with the condition within five years, reported The Times of London. Risks for irregular heartbeat by Frozen Food Digest But experts calculated that while a UK unit is eight grams, a standard drink in Ireland, such as a half glass of beer or small glass of wine, has 10 grams. We drink 550 pints every year; EXPERTS WARN OF HIDDEN ALCOHOL CONTENT by The Mirror (London, England)			Staleness Stalk stalkage stalking stall stall-cramp stallion Stamina stammer stammering stamp cusp STAMP I regimen stanazol stance stance phase of gait stanchion stand stand-off standard standard acid reflux test standard air chamber standard bicarbonate standard curve standard death certificate standard deviation Standard Drink standard environmental chamber standard error standard error of difference standard error of the mean Standard Gamble Standard Gamble Metric standard gravity standard hydrogen electrode standard lead standard mortality ratio Standard Nomenclature of Veterinary Diseases and Operations standard of care standard of care test standard operating procedure standard optical position centre Standard Pinscher Standard Precautions standard reference gamble standard sample standard solution standard temperature standard treatment guideline standard volume Standardbred standardization			Standard Digital Hierarchy Standard Digital Markup Language Standard Digital Television Standard Dimension Ratio standard dimensions ratio standard dimensions ratio standard dimensions ratio Standard Direct Layer Standard Direct Product Hour Standard Direct Receiver Standard Disbursing Initiative Standard Disclaimer and Warning Standard Disk Interface/Interconnect Standard Distance File Standard Distance Package Standard distribution Standard distribution Standard distribution Standard distribution Standard Distribution List Standard Distribution of Resistance Standard Distribution Switching Unit Standard Distributor Sales Agreement Standard diving dress Standard Document Application Profile Standard Document Interchange Format Standard Document Number Standard Document Query Language Standard Drawing Rights Standard Drink Standard Dry Cubic Feet per Minute Standard Dual Frame Standard Dual Frame Window Standard Dutch Hull Form Standard Duty Standard Duty Title Standard Duty Title Code Standard Duty Title File Standard Dynamic Random Access Memory Standard Earth Monetary Unit Standard Eastern Automating Computing Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia Standard ECRC Standard Edited American English Standard Edition Standard Electric & Engineering Company Standard Electric Works Co, Ltd Standard electrode potential Standard electrode potential Standard Electronic Module Type E Standard Electronic Processing System Standard Electronic/Equipment Module Standard Elektronik Lorenz AG standard elemental time Standard ELINT Data System Codes And Format

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