Women and alcohol susceptibility: Could differences in alcohol metabolism predispose women to alcohol-related diseases?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-238

  Ward, R J ^a   Coutelle, Ch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Ethanol; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ACETALDEHYDE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0344444690     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-003-0015-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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