Alcohol and acetaldehyde in public health: From marvel to menace

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1285-1301

  Guo, Rui ^a   Jun, Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol; Human health; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; FATTY ACID ESTER; FREE RADICAL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSYCHOPATHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77954550477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7041285     Document Type: Review

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