Genes contributing to the development of alcoholism: An overview

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-338

  Edenberg, Howard J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Alcohol metabolism; Alcoholism; Aldehyde dehydirogenase; Candidate gene analyses; Case control studies; Family studies; Genetic basis of alcoholism; Genetic factors; Genetics; Genome wide association studies; Human studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870183100     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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