Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase polymorphisms and the risk for alcoholism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1219-1221

  Higuchi, Susumu ^a   Matsushita, Sachio ^a   Murayama, Masanobu ^a   Takagi, Satoshi ^a   Hayashida, Motoi ^a  

^a KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029091638     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.8.1219     Document Type: Article

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