Alcohol reactions in subjects of european descent: Effects on alcohol use and on physical and psychomotor responses to alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Whitfield, J B ^a   Martin, N G ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Dependence; Alcohol Flush Reaction; Europeans; Skin Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TWINS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AROUSAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ETHANOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029867863     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01048.x     Document Type: Article

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