Alcohol-metabolising genes and alcoholism among Taiwanese Han men: Independent effect of ADH2, ADH3 and ALDH2

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JUNE, 1996, Pages 762-767

  Chen, Wei J ^a   Loh, E W ^b   Hsu, Yun Pung P ^b   Chen, Chiao Chicy ^c   Yu, Jeng Ming ^c   Cheng, Andrew T A ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029890628     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.6.762     Document Type: Article

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