An examination of ALDH2 genotypes, alcohol metabolism and the flushing response in Native Americans

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-158

  Gill, Kathryn ^b   Eagle Elk, M ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Deitrich, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Addictions Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FLUSHING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0344573101     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.149     Document Type: Article

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