Possible association between human blood types and opioid addiction

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-584

  Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Meymandi, Manzumeh Shamsi ^a   Divsalar, Kouros ^a   Mahmoudi, Minoo ^a   Heravi, Gioia ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 80054736596     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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