Alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase genotypes and alcoholism among Taiwanese aborigines

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 703-709

  Chen, Wei J ^b   Loh, E W ^a   Hsu, Yun Pung P ^a   Cheng, Andrew T A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aborigines; alcohol dehydrogenase; alcoholism; aldehyde dehydrogenase; association study; genetic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLISM; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALLELES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030969447     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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