Low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) polymorphism, alcohol-drinking behavior, and chromosome alterations in peripheral lymphocytes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 563-567

  Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a   Takeshita, Tatsuya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Chromosome alterations; Genetic polymorphism; Hydroquinone; Lifestyles; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOGENETICS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0030134235     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s3563     Document Type: Article

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