Alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphisms in native Americans: Identification of the ADH2(*)3 allele

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-132

  Wall, Tamara L ^a,b   Garcia Andrade, Consuelo ^a   Thomasson, Holly R ^c   Carr, Lucinda G ^d   Ehlers, Cindy L ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DNA;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030899717     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008246     Document Type: Article

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