Association of the ADH2*2 allele with reduced ethanol consumption in Jewish men in Israel: A pilot study

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-139

  Neumark, Yehuda D ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^a   Thomasson, Holly R ^a,b   Li, Ting Kai ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE FREQUENCY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031594566     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.133     Document Type: Article

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