PROP taster status and parental history of alcohol dependence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-113

  Kranzler, Henry R ^a   Skipsey, Kitzia ^a   Modesto Lowe, Vania ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Genetics; Parental history; PROP tasting

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032191150     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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